Thursday

The 70 Nation Summit

So today Gordon Brown has marked mid 2011 as the deadline for "turning the tide" in Afghanistan. Since invading the country in 2001 little if any progress has been truly made and Osama Bin Laden's whereabouts are still unknown and day by day the death toll rises as Al Quaeda recruit militants and suicide bombers with their false preaching. Why should we have to wait until 2011, there is such anger felt and spread through the media when one of our soldiers dies out there, this may sound harsh or cynical, but if we care so much, why don't we do soemthing about it. We do not negotiate with terrorist nor will they with us, its a dog eat dog world, and sitting on our laurels hoping for peace to miraculously occurr is not the answer, action must be taken, and it must happen now...

Monday

PS3 Finally Hacked By iPhone Hacker

News has broken this evening that the teenager George Hotz, who was the first person to crack the software on the Apple iPhone has managed to hack the Playstation 3 security software.

The process involves using hardware and software, allowing users to play pirated or copied games on their consoles and Hotz has promised he will make the hacking guide available on the internet as soon as he has perfected it.

The news was met with concern by Sony officials, and it will be interesting to see what happens when Hotz publishes his hacking guide on the net.

Sunday

Osama to Obama - Or is it a hoax?

A newly released audio tape said to be the voice of Osama Bin Laden, leader of the terrorist group Al Quaeda was aired on Al Jazeera today stating that the US will never live in peace until there is "peace in Palestine".

The audio tape also claims that Al Quaeda were behind the christmas day attempted terrorist act carried out by Nigerian, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who has been charged with attempting to blow up the Delta Airline's plane as it approached Detroit from Amsterdam.

The tape comes in the same week that the UK has lifted its terror level threat to "severe" meaning an attack is possibly imminent and comes as an unpleasant reminder of the world in which we live.

We can find just about anything in this world with the technology we have, but for the best part of 10 years now we have not found Osama Bin Laden (if he is still alive), and as long as he remains alive, terrorists will thrive off of his radical views and propaganda.

I am intrigued to know the authenticity of the tape and will be keeping my eyes glued to all the news sites this week, as i feel the war in Afghanistan and the hunt for Bin Laden is extremely important and his capture and inevitable death are imperative to the war on terrorism.