Osotogary
08-19-05, 03:40 PM
Close call for son and his fellow Marines and Naval personnel.
(Son is okay). I really do need to talk to those suspects when caught.
Jordanian and Israeli authorities said militants fired three Katyusha rockets from a warehouse in Aqaba, a Jordanian Red Sea port 210 miles south of Amman, officials said. Sources told FOX News that the government was looking for six people, including two Iraqis, a Syrian and an Egyptian.
After the attack, a group linked to Al Qaeda claimed responsibility but it was unclear if the people being sought for questioning were part of that group. The claim, purportedly from the Abdullah Azzam Brigades (search), could not immediately be verified.
The missiles sailed over the bow of the USS Ashland, close to an airport just across the border in the Israeli city of Eilat and near a Jordanian hospital.
The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet (search), based in Bahrain, said the USS Kearsage and the USS Ashland, both amphibious assault ships attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, were docked in Aqaba during the attack.
“We saw it fly past the Ashland," said Capt. Joseph Sensi, commanding officer of the USS Kearsage, of the rocket that eventually hit a storage warehouse. "Our ship is very tough but there are a lot of places were any explosion could have caused damage.
"I'm thankful that none of our personnel were hurt or killed but we are sorry that the Jordanians suffered casualties."
Jordanian and Israeli officials said the projectiles were not mortar shells but Soviet-designed Katyusha rockets, commonly found in the Middle East.
The vessels later sailed out of port as a result of the attacks, U.S. Navy spokesman Lt. Cdr. Charlie Brown told The Associated Press in Bahrain. The vessels were docked in Aqaba to participate in military exercises with the Jordan Navy.
"At approximately 8:44 a.m. local time, a suspected mortar rocket flew over the USS Ashland's bow and impacted in a warehouse on the pier in the vicinity of the Ashland and USS Kearsage," Brown said. "The warehouse sustained an approximate 8-foot hole in the roof of the building."
More from these links:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166190,00.html
http://www.usmc.mil/26thmeu/Releases/0509-Aqaba.htm
(Son is okay). I really do need to talk to those suspects when caught.
Jordanian and Israeli authorities said militants fired three Katyusha rockets from a warehouse in Aqaba, a Jordanian Red Sea port 210 miles south of Amman, officials said. Sources told FOX News that the government was looking for six people, including two Iraqis, a Syrian and an Egyptian.
After the attack, a group linked to Al Qaeda claimed responsibility but it was unclear if the people being sought for questioning were part of that group. The claim, purportedly from the Abdullah Azzam Brigades (search), could not immediately be verified.
The missiles sailed over the bow of the USS Ashland, close to an airport just across the border in the Israeli city of Eilat and near a Jordanian hospital.
The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet (search), based in Bahrain, said the USS Kearsage and the USS Ashland, both amphibious assault ships attached to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, were docked in Aqaba during the attack.
“We saw it fly past the Ashland," said Capt. Joseph Sensi, commanding officer of the USS Kearsage, of the rocket that eventually hit a storage warehouse. "Our ship is very tough but there are a lot of places were any explosion could have caused damage.
"I'm thankful that none of our personnel were hurt or killed but we are sorry that the Jordanians suffered casualties."
Jordanian and Israeli officials said the projectiles were not mortar shells but Soviet-designed Katyusha rockets, commonly found in the Middle East.
The vessels later sailed out of port as a result of the attacks, U.S. Navy spokesman Lt. Cdr. Charlie Brown told The Associated Press in Bahrain. The vessels were docked in Aqaba to participate in military exercises with the Jordan Navy.
"At approximately 8:44 a.m. local time, a suspected mortar rocket flew over the USS Ashland's bow and impacted in a warehouse on the pier in the vicinity of the Ashland and USS Kearsage," Brown said. "The warehouse sustained an approximate 8-foot hole in the roof of the building."
More from these links:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,166190,00.html
http://www.usmc.mil/26thmeu/Releases/0509-Aqaba.htm