Jim Lynch: Off the Top of My Head…

I’m so glad these sub-human savages weren’t carrying iPhones. It sickens me to see technology designed to enhance human life and well being being perverted by evil people.

THEIR battle fatigues are jeans, T-shirts and trainers. They are the new breed of terrorist ¿ using everyday technology as a weapon of war.

Among their arsenal of weapons are bags of almonds and BlackBerry mobile phones – almonds to keep their energy up, and the mobile internet connections to stay one step ahead of police and the military.

They are the new breed of terrorist – using everyday technology as a weapon of war.

However amid the arsenal of military hardware, it was the use of humble mobile phones and internet technology that proved a key weapon – one which caught the anti-terrorist forces by surprise.

The use of BlackBerrys by the terrorists to monitor international reaction to the atrocities, and to check on the police response via the internet, provided further evidence of the highly organised and sophisticated nature of the attacks.

The gunmen were able to trawl the internet for information after cable television feeds to the two luxury hotels and office block were cut by the authorities.

The men looked beyond the instant updates of the Indian media to find worldwide reaction to the events in Mumbai, and to keep abreast of the movements of the soldiers sent to stop them.

My condolences to the familes and friends of those who died and my prayers for those who were wounded in the attacks. I hope that technology will help us find a way to prevent these kinds of attacks in the future.

The savages that did this truly are evil beyond imagining.

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