USS Cole Commander Angry That The Guantanamo Detainee Linked To The USS Cole Bombing Was Released To Saudi Arabia

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) is towed away from the port city of Aden, Yemen, into open sea by the Military Sealift Command ocean-going tug USNS Catawba (T-ATF 168), in this file picture taken October 29, 2000. REUTERS/SGT. DON L./USA MARINE CORPS

Daily Mail: Commander of US Navy ship that was bombed in 2000, killing 17 crew, angry that man linked to attack was sent from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia 'without trial' - and may be free soon

* Mashur Abdallah Ahmed al Sabri was linked to the attack on the USS Cole
* He was transferred from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia on April 16
* Kirk Lippold, the Cole's commander, said al Sabri should have been tried
* Saudi Arabia runs a rehabilitation program for Islamic militants
* But an expert says they can't control Yemeni militants such as al Sabri
* He expects Yemeni detainees to be back fighting America 'soon'
* The transfer was part of President Obama's Guantanamo closure program

The commanding officer of a US missile destroyer that was attacked by terrorists in 2000 is furious that one of the men linked to the incident was released from Guantanamo Bay without a 'proper trial.'

Kirk Lippold, 41, was in charge of the USS Cole when it was bombed in the port of Aden, Yemen, in October 2000, in the deadliest attack on a US vessel since 1987.

The attack tore a hole in the side of the boat, killing 17 sailors and injuring 39 more. Now Mashur Abdallah Ahmed al Sabri, who was linked with the attack, is in Saudi Arabia, upsetting Lippold - and an expert says al Sabri could be free soon.

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Update: USS Cole commander blasts transfer of Al Qaeda Gitmo detainees to Saudi Arabia (FOX News)

WNU Editor: This story has just been brought to my attention from a father of one of the sailors who was killed in the USS Cole bombing. To say that he is livid over the release of al Sabri is an understatement.