Navy Ship Almost Hit by Missile

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AQABA, Jordan -- It was literally a shot across the bow.

A Katyusha rocket whizzed over the deck of a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship in this Jordanian port and crashed into a warehouse, killing a Jordanian soldier. Two other missiles flew the other direction -- toward Israel -- one of them nearly hitting a taxi.

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Navy Ship Almost Hit by Missile

The rocket barrage Friday morning was a startling wake-up for Aqaba, a usually sleepy tourist town on Jordan's tiny strip of coast next to Israel at the northern end of the Red Sea. It was a reminder that Jordan, too, is in the sights of Islamic extremists.

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