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U S Soldier Dies as Mortar Attack Hits Mogadishu Airport
A mortar attack on Mogadishu airport kills one American soldier and wounds twelve others, with three in serious condition. The UN says the dead and wounded include Rangers and support personnel as U.S. forces, including the Quick Reaction Force, operate from the site. Six soldiers remain missing and a helicopter pilot, Michael Durant, is captive.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Mogadishu
United Nations
U.S
Germany
David Stockwell
U.N
United States
Somalia
Landstuhl
Stockwell
Clinton
Quick Reaction Force
Cornell Houston
Engineer
Battallion
U.S. Army
Houston
Fort Drum
Mobile
Ala
Michael Durant
Mohamed Farrah Aidid
Red Cross
Durant
Jean Daniel Tauxe
International Committee For the Red Cross
CBS
Tauxe
Aidid