India, Oct. 27 -- Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's birth year has been questioned again by a journalist who referred to her memoir stating she was eight when civil war in Somalia broke out.

Jim Geraghty, who writes for National Review and has contributed to The Washington Post, shared a photo of Omar's memoir, directing attention to the chapter 'War: 1989-1991, Mogadishu, Somalia'.

He noted that Omar had written "I was eight years old when civil war broke out in Somalia. One day everything was okay, and the next, there were bullets piercing not only buildings but also people". The journalist added that Somalia had seen many civil wars over the years, but Omar's writing referred to the riots in Mogadishu in July 1989, which included ...