The correct answer is A) it demonstrated that Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda were not intimidated by the U.S. reprisal for their terrorist acts.
<em>The significance, other than the obvious harm to U.S. forces, of the terror attack on the USS Cole in 2000 was that t demonstrated that Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda were not intimidated by the U.S. reprisal for their terrorist acts. </em>
On October 12, 2000, the United States Navy Destroyer USS Cole was attacked in Adem, Yemen. Al-Qaeda assumed the responsibility of the attack. Seventeen sailors dead and 38 resulted wounded. That is why The significance, other than the obvious harm to U.S. forces, of the terror attack on the USS Cole in 2000 was that t demonstrated that Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda were not intimidated by the U.S. reprisal for their terrorist acts.
The other options of the questions were, b) their small size indicated that Al-Qaeda 's resources were being worn down, c) it demonstrated that Bin Laden's control over A-Qaeda was incontrovertible, and d) it's coordination of underwater rocketry demonstrated Al-Qaeda's strength.