Bombing in Italy.

At around 06:00 today (19/5/12) two blasts - believed to be IED's - exploded outside a school close to a Court House in the Italian city of Brindisi. So far one person has been reported killed and six injured.

At first glance this looks like the work of the Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI) or "Cells of Fire." This is a prototype anarchist terrorist group that is reminiscent of the Red Army Faction (RAF) or Baader-Meinhof gang. The RAF was a pan-European left-wing terrorist group that originated in West Germany in the late-1960's and was active throughout the 1960's/70's/80's. They may also have had loose links to the Black September Palestinian terrorist group that carried out the attacks on the 1972 Munich Olympics. Therefore I think today's attack was the work of the Italian state to put pressure on Germany to soften Eurozone austerity measures. The argument being that austerity must be loosened or Europe will face serious violent disorder. I say Italian state because I am not convinced that the Italian representative at the G8, Mario Monti had prior knowledge of the attack let alone gave permission.

Elsewhere in Munich, Germany there is the small matter of a football match. This evening Bayern Munich will play Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League Final. Now I'm undoubtedly Chelsea but this match is being billed a Germany versus Chelsea's Russian owner Roman Abramovich. The idea being to put pressure on Germany by accusing it of putting unnecessary pressure on Russia by providing support to Yulia Tymoshenko in her wranglings with the pro-Russia Ukrainian government. The real reason for the tie though is that if Chelsea (me) doesn't win they don't play European football next season because Britain rigged the English Premier League to send Manchester City (Libya rebels/Abu Dhabi), Manchester United (Britain), Arsenal (Lesbians), Tottenham Hotspur (Jews) and Newcastle (Tony Blair) to be their talking points in Europe next season. The big question though is will Dider Drogba play for Chelsea? If you're not a fan of football you may know Drogba as the man who single handedly ended the Cote D' Ivorie civil war. Actually thinking about it it would have been helpful to have Sarkozy still around to discuss that issue further. After all Germany's support for Tymoshenko was simply an attempt to draw US attention to the pressure they're putting on Russia over Syria.

As for the actual football I've got no idea. Try and win is my best advice because I'm not even sure I going to watch what will be a very tense match.


Edited at around 16:30 on 19/5/12 to add: West Ham United have won the Championship play-off and therefore will play in the English Premier League next season. West Ham are known by the nickname "The Iron Hammers or Irons." "Iron & Steer" is rhyming slang for "Queer." Therefore in the football code West Ham United represent gay men much to the amusement of Millwall fans.