After the hijacked airplane attacks on key buildings in the USA - including the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon - western security forces have begun outlining new "anti-terrorism" measures in an effort to maintain the institutions now believed to be under increased threat of attack. In Spain, activists from leading social centres have been arrested and in the UK Tony Blair has been detailing new anti-terrorist powers.

The US has been quick to point the finger at CIA-trained Saudi billionaire Osama Bin-Laden with many western mainstream media networks joining the war chorus. There have been random attacks on people believed to be muslims in many parts of the world.

The tragic loss of life on the East coast of the USA has been widely condemned by many people around the world. There has also been a call for western powers to review their foreign policies cited as being a contributory force to unecessary suffering worldwide. In Iraq, for example, one million people have died as a direct result of US and UK spearheaded sanctions.