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Rockets Land Near US Vessel at Jordan Port, Israeli Port City
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No casualties reported in either attack, targeting American vessels
docked at Jordan's Aqaba port in the Red Sea and southern Israeli port
city of Eilat





The U.S. military says a rocket has been fired at American vessels
docked at Jordan's Aqaba port in the Red Sea. Israel says a rocket
also landed in its nearby southern port city of Eilat.

No casualties have been reported in either attack, Friday.

The U.S. Navy said a rocket was fired at two American ships docked in
Aqaba, but missed and landed on the roof of a warehouse. Military
officials say the two naval vessels, which were training with Jordan's
navy, headed out to sea immediately after the attack.



Israeli police and witnesses say a Katyusha rocket fired from Jordan
fell on the outskirts of the nearby airport of Israel's Red Sea resort
of Eilat, but did not explode.

It was not immediately clear who was behind the attacks at a border
region of the Sanai Peninsula, but Islamic extremists have long
criticized Jordan's moderate government for its peace treaty with
Israel and close ties with the West.

Officials in Israel and Jordan say they are cooperating in an
investigation.


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