Missiles fired from rebel-held Yemen land near U.S. destroyer Mason

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Missiles fired from rebel-held Yemen land near U.S. destroyer Mason

By: Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press, October 10, 2016 (Photo Credit: null)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Two missiles fired from rebel-held territory in Yemen landed near an American destroyer passing by in the Red Sea, the U.S. Navy said Monday, the second-such launch targeting ships in the crucial international waterway in recent days.

The missile launches Sunday came as a ballistic missile fired from Yemen apparently targeted a Saudi air base near the Muslim holy city of Mecca, the deepest strike yet into the kingdom by Shiite rebels and their allies.

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Pentagon: U.S. warship off coast of Yemen targeted by missiles
The Houthi rebel group in Yemen is thought to have launched the missiles, both of which missed the ship.
By Stephen Feller   |   Oct. 10, 2016 at 3:05 AM
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On Sunday, two missiles were fired Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason, pictured as it departed Naval Station Norfolk in 2011, but both missed. A Pentagon spokesperson said the missiles are thought to have been launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen. File photo by UPI/Rafael Martie/US Navy | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Two missiles were fired at a U.S. Naval warship off the coast of Yemen Sunday, both of which missed, according to the Pentagon.

Militants in Yemen aimed two missiles at the USS Mason, a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, while it was in international waters, with both missing the ship and hitting the water, according to a spokesperson at the Pentagon.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2016/10/10/Pentagon-US-warship-off-coast-of-Yemen-targeted-by-missiles/7701476082148/?spt=sec&or=tn