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April 14, 2009

Mortars Fired at Plane Carrying US Congressman in Somalia
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Somali militants fired mortars Monday at a plane carrying Congressman
Donald Payne of New Jersey as he was leaving Mogadishu. No one was
injured in the attack. Payne was the first senior US politician to visit
the Somali capital in years. The mortars were fired just hours after a
pirate leader threatened retaliation against the United States for
killing his men during an operation to rescue a kidnapped US captain.
We will have more on Somalia after headlines.



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