The Exeter Bomber: Nicky Reilly And The Islamic Republic Of Cornwall
“BRAINWASHED at the chip shop,” screams the Sun’s front-page headline. Is this a chilling insight into the war on obesity?
Why not?
The tabloids are fond of linking themes, and if Madeleine McCann can somehow be placed at the scene and the chip wallah be persuaded to comment on how the rising cost of vegetable oil has forced him to cook in green diesel, then we have a story that says so much about today’s Britain.
In King’s Fry fish and chip bar, the Sun sees Exeter toilet bomber Nicky Reilly being brainwashed by Muslim men.
It was believed that Reilly, the Star’s “oddball loner”, was on the fringes of a group of radicals based in the West Country, a more heavily armed version of the Worzells, albeit exchanging combine harvesters for keys and ammunition.
We should take care not to mock those sons of the West Country. Last year the Cornish National Liberation Army (CNLA) threatened to burn down one of celebrity chef Rick Stein’s businesses in Padstow.
The group also said Fifteen - a restaurant set up by Essex product Jamie Oliver – was a legitimate target because Oliver was an “incomer” who was hurting local people by driving up house prices and living costs.
Readers will note that Reilly’s device exploded in Giraffe, an eatery founded in Hampstead, London. Exeter is in Devon, granted, but Devon and Cornwall constabulary work in tandem and the CNLA claims links with Welsh nationalists and other “Celtic nations”.
The Sun says that the relatively complex construction of the explosive devices suggests they were not put together by Reilly, “who has a very low IQ”. The Telegraph says they were constructed from sodium hydroxide, aluminium foil strips and an essential oil, combined with kerosene. It was confirmed that there were three devices in a bag packed with nails.
Reilly’s bombs were dangerous, although Reilly, who has lacerations to his face, was more of danger to himself.
But we wonder if his conversation to Islam is a smokescreen and that the brains behind the plot are rooted in Cornwall, the Islamic Republic known locally as The Iranian Riviera..?
Posted: 24th, May 2008 | In: Broadsheets, Tabloids, War On Terror Comments (11) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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May 26th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
…Now if he had petrol bombed the “rats nest” of local Cornwall homophobia
…namely Camborne Police Station
…I might have held his coat, but I would probably have been to busy applauding!
As to Cornish terrorisim…well there is STILL a Cornishman on bail
visit:- http://cornwall-police-watch.blogspot.com/
May 24th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
There is only one Cod.
[It's you again, Bill - innit ?]
May 24th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Saul,
Shouldn’t that have been God (salt and vinegar be upon him) and chips?
May 24th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Damn!
Chip shop is shut, and I suddenly feel this craving…
May 24th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Fundamentalism at its finest.
Beware the false gods that are Kebab and Pizza, those joint interlopers the Bargain Bucket and The Happy Meal.
There is only one true takeaway.
“Cod and Chips twice please, can you put scraps on as well?”
May 24th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Very low IQ. Or mentally ill acording to other sources.
And a recent convert to Islam.
!
May 24th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
It may be a joke to you lot but believe me this is serious stuff. Only yesterday two more men were arrested and a third shot. The dead man was apparently and Islamic fundamentalist and died of 48 bullets wounds to his body.
On questioning the police as to why this person had 48 bullets in him they replied
” We know its unfortunate but thats all we had”.
________________________
boom boom
-meercat
May 24th, 2008 at 11:32 am
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DuncanR Says:
May 24th, 2008 at 11:31 am
…. and the deadliest of all - the Cornish Pasty !!!
… smothered in curry sauce …
May 24th, 2008 at 11:31 am
…. and the deadliest of all - the Cornish Pasty !!!
May 24th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Chip shops are crammed with deadly weapons: the pukka pie; the battered sausage; the pickled egg …
May 24th, 2008 at 10:07 am
You left out ETA, and that could prove a costly mistake, they may not want vinegar on their chips if they turn up