Jordan Finds Rocket Launcher Used in Aqaba
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1054083
Al-Qaeda group to terrorise US (via e-mail)
News 24 (South Africa) ^ | 19/08/2005 | Habib Trabelsi
Posted on 08/20/2005 12:25:44 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter
Dubai - An al-Qaeda linked-group has launched what it calls a media jihad, or holy war, to "terrorise" United States-led forces in Iraq and their families by bombarding them with e-mails and by posting gruesome photos online....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1467123/posts
Thanks Freeperfromnj for the heads up.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166286,00.html
AP
August 20, 2005
"SEVERAL HELD IN JORDAN ATTACKS PROBE"
AQABA, Jordan —
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Two other rockets were fired toward Israel (search) from the warehouse located in the hills on Aqaba's northern edge about five miles from the port. One fell short and hit the wall of a Jordanian military hospital and the other landed inside Israel close to Eilat airport, lightly wounding a taxi driver.
The rocket firings deepened concerns about new Islamic militant activity in a sleepy corner of the Middle East usually known for beach vacations and Israel-Arab peacemaking. The tourist resort of Aqaba, on Jordan's tiny strip of coastline, is wedged next to Israel at the northern end of the Red Sea.
"We have found the rocket launcher in the warehouse from where they fired," Interior Minister Awni Yirfas told The Associated Press in what marked one of the first key breakthroughs in the investigation."