Condolences to those that have died from this attack, big blow for the whole of Togo, and probably even more for Angola, more reason for the state to be more heavy handed and use of the military. Not sure what effect an abandonment of this tournament would have for Blatter or Fifa. CAF, the body that runs African football is getting pillored so much for awarding this tournament to Angola, but I think it was a good thing to do. If smaller nations never get awarded such tournaments, how will they ever progress, 10 years ago, the notion of Angola-Togo-Senegal getting to the World Cup would have been laughed at, but because CAF has take this tournament around and invested a lot in football, they have been able to do it. South Africa is a totally different country to Angola, I don't expect such ambushes, there may be thefts of players possesions, but nothing like what happened at the Munich Olympics where athletes were murdered. If developing countries aren't given the opportunity to host these things, how can they ever improve? Angola has had a big tragedy on its soil, now they can prevent it happening again, and probably better yet, get a full settlement with the rebels who may give trouble to those that live in the province. If more AU and UN support is given to finding a deal in that province from this incident, it won't be an incident that has been futile. I prefer all tournaments to go ahead, more people want to watch the football than those that want this project to fail.

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Obviously it goes without saying that I send my condolences to the dead and their families. I can't agree though with the tournament being scrapped as terrorism is a problem that can plague any nation in the world, let us not forget the day after we were handed the 2012 olympics we suffered our own barbaric act of terrorism. Did the world turn around and condem us and fear for their safety? In my opinion we all have a duty to stand up to the terrorists and continue with our daily lives other wise we may as well never leave the house. There are many questions that need to be asked surrounding the security but you cant compare SA with Angola the only comparison they share is being on the same continent. If war broke out in Kosovo again would we cancel the Europen Championships or the World Cup? When the IRA bombed London or Manchester did we scrap all sporting events? We must all stand together in the wars on Terror where ever they maybe and look to the causes as, as much as we all hate to admit it the only way to stop it is to look at ourselves and our goverments.

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