USS Ashland
Posted on 08/19/2005 7:55:07 AM PDT by F14 Pilot
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.
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What wealth? Muslims don't create wealth. In fact, as soon as Muslims move into a neighborhood the property values plummet just by pure assumption that they're gonna suck as neighbors. Muslims are to wealth, as snails are to a garden.
USS Ashland
It's time to twist the boot on Jordan's neck a bit.
"Thank you Israel and America for the gift of the Gzza strip. Thank you Condi Rice for saying this was just the 'first step', here is our 'second step'"
Or so Islam states.
"..and who have stolen the wealth of the Muslim nation,.."
Have we stolen any camels??? I don't have any camels. Does anybody else have any camels???
I knew it was an AMPHIB, but mistook it for an LPD. Thanks for clarifying.
The third rocket hit a taxi on the outskirts of Eilat airport, but did not explode, Israeli police reported.
Open miracles.
Cause when you pull into port you shut down your automatic systems. Don't want the computer bagging a passings taxi cab, it tends to piss off the natives.
Open miracles happen a lot over here.
Glad the stupid terrorist can't aim.
I've got a pack of camel lights.
Did you steal them from Arab???
USS Ashland is an LSD. It is outfitted with a MK15 Phalanx CIWS system capable of firing 4000 rounds/minute.
LSD is illegal.
LLSS.
Thanks.
I'm paying special attention to this story.
Welcome.
There are no loose lips here. I've not posted any information that isn't well-known public info. Hell, I don't have access to anything that isn't well-known public information for that matter.
You can look up oodles of information on LSD's on the internet that will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about the capabilities of the Ashland and the CIWS systems... at least the non-Classified stuff. But I don't know any of the classified stuff either, nor do I want to.
The saying "Loose lips sink ships" applies primarily to ship movements, locations, and battle strategies... things to which I'm not privy. As a Navy Instructor, I actually taught a course on levels of confidentiality and classifications. Of course the course I taught was just a primer, but I still think I'm pretty qualified to judge what the saying means.
Of course as an FR mod, I also think that you are qualified to tell me to STFU. :)
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