Posted on 08/19/2005 11:35:13 AM PDT by anonymoussierra
Jordan rockets miss US Navy ship
Three missiles have been fired from the Jordanian port of Aqaba, missing a US Navy ship but hitting Israel.
Two rockets missed the USS Ashland, an American naval ship docked in the port. A Jordanian soldier died when one of the two missiles hit the dockside.
The third missile landed near Eilat airport in neighbouring Israel, causing no injuries.
An internet statement, purportedly from a group which says it has links to al-Qaeda, said it was to blame.
The statement, allegedly from the Abdullah al-Azzam Brigades, said the attacks were the group's first attack in Jordan and were aimed at both the US and Israel.
"The Zionists are a legitimate target and we warn the Americans, who are spreading their corruption throughout the world and who have stolen the wealth of the Muslim nation, to expect even more attacks," it said.
The group is one of several to have said it carried out the bombings on a market and hotels in the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh on 23 July.
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Police hunt
Jordanian police are searching for two Iraqis and a Syrian thought to have rented an industrial warehouse from which the rockets were fired.
"I can confirm that a rocket flew over the bow of USS Ashland and the rocket impacted in the roof of a warehouse. No sailors or marines were injured," said Commander Jeff Breslau, of the US Fifth Fleet.
The Jordanian soldier who died was on the dockside when he was hit. He was taken to hospital where he died of his wounds, a security source said.
Another Jordanian was injured in the attack.
Katyusha rockets were used in all three attacks, officials say.
The USS Ashland and its sister amphibious ship, the USS Kearsarge, have been docked in Aqaba, Jordan's only sea port, for the past 10 days, witnesses said.
Both ships are reported to have left the port in response to the attack.
Correspondents say the attack is the most serious on a US navy ship since the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 that killed 17 sailors.
The third rocket hit a taxi on the outskirts of Eilat airport, but did not explode, Israeli police reported.
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Close co-operation
The missile created a small crater in the road, about 15m from the airport fence, local police commander, Avi Azulin told the Associated Press.
The commander said the rocket was fired from nearby Jordan.
Aqaba and Eilat are about 15km (9 miles) apart, located at the northern end of the Red Sea.
Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said the attacks were "intended to hit the Israeli side and the Jordanian side as well".
"We still don't know who is behind this act," he said.
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I doubt they used the word "blame."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4165190.stm
Jordan rockets miss US Navy ship
Three missiles have been fired from the Jordanian port of Aqaba, missing a US Navy ship but hitting Israel.
Two rockets missed the USS Ashland, an American naval ship docked in the port. A Jordanian soldier died when one of the two missiles hit the dockside.
The third missile landed near Eilat airport in neighbouring Israel, causing no injuries.
An internet statement, purportedly from a group which says it has links to al-Qaeda, said it was to blame.
The statement, allegedly from the Abdullah al-Azzam Brigades, said the attacks were the group's first attack in Jordan and were aimed at both the US and Israel.
"The Zionists are a legitimate target and we warn the Americans, who are spreading their corruption throughout the world and who have stolen the wealth of the Muslim nation, to expect even more attacks," it said.
The group is one of several to have said it carried out the bombings on a market and hotels in the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh on 23 July.
Police hunt
Jordanian police are searching for two Iraqis and a Syrian thought to have rented an industrial warehouse from which the rockets were fired.
"I can confirm that a rocket flew over the bow of USS Ashland and the rocket impacted in the roof of a warehouse. No sailors or marines were injured," said Commander Jeff Breslau, of the US Fifth Fleet.
The Jordanian soldier who died was on the dockside when he was hit. He was taken to hospital where he died of his wounds, a security source said.
Another Jordanian was injured in the attack.
Katyusha rockets were used in all three attacks, officials say.
The USS Ashland and its sister amphibious ship, the USS Kearsarge, have been docked in Aqaba, Jordan's only sea port, for the past 10 days, witnesses said.
Both ships are reported to have left the port in response to the attack.
Correspondents say the attack is the most serious on a US navy ship since the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 that killed 17 sailors.
The third rocket hit a taxi on the outskirts of Eilat airport, but did not explode, Israeli police reported.
Close co-operation
The missile created a small crater in the road, about 15m from the airport fence, local police commander, Avi Azulin told the Associated Press.
The commander said the rocket was fired from nearby Jordan.
Aqaba and Eilat are about 15km (9 miles) apart, located at the northern end of the Red Sea.
Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said the attacks were "intended to hit the Israeli side and the Jordanian side as well".
"We still don't know who is behind this act," he said.
Helluva way to find out where my SIL is.
"Katyusha rockets"
For real?
If I were the US Navy vessel, I'd send a few missiles right back and say "you missed, now we won't!"
""We still don't know who is behind this act," he said."
Right. The old Stalin Organ.
Is the port they were fired from still standing, and if so, why?
BBC edited out this part which appears in other reports:
"This is our debut operation in Jordan," it added. "And as we have begun to destroy the throne of the Egyptian tyrant, we warn the Jordanian tyrant to release our jailed brothers and voluntarily abdicate before we force you to go."
Anyone every shoot a rifle at a hornets nest? Word of wisdom to those who have not (and for those who will never do it again.). The hornets will come right back at you as if shot from a gun. Highly effective..
"Word of wisdom to those who have not (and for those who will never do it again.). The hornets will come right back at you as if shot from a gun. Highly effective.."
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