Via
Reuters

“Qaeda” group claims rocket attack on
U.S. ships

A group claiming links to al Qaeda said on Friday it had fired rockets at a
U.S. Navy ships in Jordan and an Israeli port, according to an Internet
statement.

The statement, which could not be authenticated, was signed by the Abdullah
al-Azzam Brigades of the al Qaeda Organization in the Levant and Egypt.

It was carried on an Islamist Web site not often used by other groups which
say they are linked to Osama bin Laden’s network.

“A group of our mujahideen have targeted U.S. vessels in Jordan and
(Israel’s) Eilat port with three Katyusha rockets before safely returning to
their base,” the statement said.

“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 stinging attacks.

“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.”

Earlier this month, the group was one of several organizations that said it
was behind the bomb attacks on a market and hotels in the Egyptian resort of
Sharm el-Sheikh. It has also claimed the October 2004 bombings at another
Egyptian Red Sea resort.

Three rockets were fired at two U.S. Navy ships in Jordan’s Aqaba port on
Friday. They missed their targets and instead hit a warehouse and a hospital,
killing a Jordanian soldier, and struck the Israeli port of Eilat.

A Jordanian security source said authorities were searching for three men
after the attack, which was launched from an industrial warehouse area near
the entrance to the city.

As Bush is vacationing we are continually reminded that we are fighting a war
that we are gradually losing. He makes continuous lies telling the American
people we are wining, but now the both wars have merged into one, it is not the
same anymore. We had a world willing to help us in our fight against al Qaeda,
now we are alienated from a majority of the world because of our involvement in
Iraq. Al Qaeda has seized that opportunity by merging the wars. We need a leader
who knows how to lead and fight and not one that knows how to stick his head in
the sand!