Plane carrying US lawmakers fired at

A military airplane carrying four members of the US Congress came under fire over Iraq on Thursday but the plane was not hit and no one was hurt, a spokesman for one of the lawmakers said on Friday.

The C-130 cargo aircraft conducted evasive maneuvers after a nighttime takeoff from Baghdad, said Ken Lundberg, spokesman for Senator Mel Martinez of Florida, who was on the plane. Lundberg said Martinez had been told three rocket-propelled grenades were fired. But a defence official said small arms fire appeared to have been responsible. The lawmakers had spent the day in Baghdad and were briefed by US

Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus.