(AP) Gunmen seized two Somali aid workers and their Somali colleague in an overnight attack, a witness said on Wednesday.
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Somali insurgents vowed to target foreign aid workers after a U.S. missile strike killed a the head of the Islamist al-Shabab militia, Aden Hashi Ayro, and 24 other people earlier this month. Ayro was reputed to be the top al-Qaida commander in Somalia and was linked to a string of attacks on foreign aid workers and journalists.
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