 Jamal al-Badawi and Fahd Mohammed Ahmed al-Quso acted as "local al Qa'ida coordinators" who purchased equipment, including the boat to be used in the attack, obtaining funding and "operational direction" from Attash.The bombing of the USS "Cole" was in fact al-Nashiri’s second attempt at launching a terrorist attack on a US vessel and he did so without approval from Osama bin Laden.The first attempt, in the port of Aden, Yemen, failed after the boat purchased by al-Badawi and al-Quso sunk before it could be detonated.