US Somalia plane crashes
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Your support makes all the difference.One US serviceman was killed and 10 were missing feared dead yesterday when a US air force AC-130 'Spectre' warplane flying to Somalia crashed in the Indian Ocean off Kenya, Reuter reports from Malindi. It was the worst incident involving US forces in Somalia since 18 US soldiers were killed in a shoot-out in Mogadishu on 3 October. Eyewitnesses said fire streamed from the rear of the plane before it plunged into the sea 200 metres off Mayungu beach near Malindi.
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