US Troops Wounded in South Sudan

The U.S. military says unidentified gunmen have opened fire on American planes involved in a rescue mission in South Sudan.The U.S. Africa Command says four U.S. service members were wounded as a result of gunfire directed at their military aircraft. The incident took place on Saturday as U.S. forces were trying to rescue Americans from Bor, a town north of the capital, Juba. The mission was aborted and all three planes were diverted to neighboring Uganda. South Sudan's government says...

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