I watched with horror as an airliner ploughed into the second of the World Trade Centre Tower and was moved almost to tears as I watched Tower 1 turn to dust live on television taking all those trapped within it. I was shocked to see the images of the burning Pentagon and to hear the stories of people who lost relatives, friends and loved ones. I felt all this emotion, but it never turned to anger. I am terrifiend at the thought of a war against a people who vanquished the Soviet Union and who are prepared to take their won life in an attack on their enemy.

How many innocent people have to die?

This is an impassioned plea to all those who believe in peace above violence and justice above retribution. We need to build a coalition of groups opposed to war: anti-capitalist, pacifist, pagan, christian, green, anti-nuclear, muslim. If we do not do this, our leaders will feel free to perpetuate a cycle of violence which may have no end.