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"The plane of the congressman was leaving and the mortars started falling. There were no casualties, but the attack was aimed at the congressman. He flew out safely," an African Union official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
Donald Payne, a member of the House Foreign Affairs committee, arrived Monday for talks with the Somali president and prime minister, according to a Somali government spokesman, Abdulkadir Walayo, on what is believed to be the first visit to the Somali capital by a senior American politician for years.
Earlier Monday, a Somali pirate chief threatened to target Americans in revenge for the rescue of a U.S. captain in a dramatic operation that killed three pirates under his command.
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