Somalia: "Unknown armed groups" fire on airplane

Gee, who could they be?

"Somalia: Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Bullet Damages," from the Shabelle Media Network (Mogadishu), August 26 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):

A plane that transports Khat to Kismayo town has unpredictably landed at KM50 airport in Lower Shabelle region after unknown armed groups have opened fire on the plane while it was planning to land at Kismayo airport that redirect the plane to KM50 airfield in lower Shabelle region on Tuesday morning officials said.
More bullets were reported to have been struck on the plane.

The plane has landed at KM50 airport with spilling out fuel.

No human causalities were reported.

Kismayo town is under islamists control....

6 Comments

Hugh | August 26, 2008 1:04 PM

Hobbesian man. Each against each. This is he natural state to which peoples suffused with Islam will tend, without a despot whose rule is unchallenged (held in place with an army and a secret police), or without a strong Infidel presence, made necessarily ruthless if it is to suppress the forces of disorder among those for whom compromise and sweet reason have no place, but only the Victor, and beneath him, the Vanquished.

interestinconundrum | August 26, 2008 1:26 PM

"unknown armed groups" ....heh heh.
Are we playing "guess the religion"?
I'll take Islam for $50, Alex.

StephenA55 | August 26, 2008 2:04 PM

Methodists again

PMK | August 26, 2008 2:10 PM

Causalities?

Does this mean no human reasons for the attack were reported?

ebonystone | August 26, 2008 4:41 PM

Probably the Posse Comitatus.

special_guest | August 26, 2008 5:39 PM

The "youths" were assumedly firing on the plane because it was bringing khat, a leafy drug that is chewed in North Africa, and which is haram (according to this article by Dr. Qazi Shaikh Abbas Borhany). Here's a quote of Islamic "logic" used to justify the ban against khat:

Khat users for a justification of the use argue that there is no clear injunction of the Quran in this respect. This lame excuse is not only an admission of ignorance with the Quran, but also a declaration of revolt against this Comprehensive Code of Life. Quran says: each wet and dried thing is available in the Sunna. How is it possible that while science explains the side effects and harms of khat, Shariat do not guide in this regard. Ignorant with the instructions of Islam should know that the Creator has declared forbidden use of everything which is injurious for the health of human being. It is mentioned in Surat al Airaff, Ayat No. 157, “For them (people) pious things have been made Halal and impious things declared Haraam”. Therefore according to Islam no impious thing can be forbidden till the Qiyamat. Khat has a foul smell, unpleasant taste, and is harmful to the body. This is sufficient to forbid it, because prophet Mohammed says: Who will enjoin upon them the doing of what is right, forbid them the doing of what is wrong, make lawful to them the good things of life, prohibit for them the evil things, and lift from them their burdens and the shackles that were (previously) upon them. This Hadith draw the attention of those who try to find a lame justification for the use of khat. prophet Mohammed bestowed a principle on which we can examine each and everything.

That's right, this semi-legible brain-destroying mess was written by a "Dr.", someone with a PhD, the most learned that Islam has to offer.

The Qur'an is a Comprehensive Code of Life, so to point out that the Qur'an does not have a specific position on khat (or anything else) is to attack the comprehensiveness of Allah's instructions. This is "lame" and "a revolt" (against Allah), which can be translated as "careful, bub, you're one step away from being executed as a blasphemer."