These pictures of Palestinians celebrating the terrorist attacks on the United States horrified all of those who were watching. Palestinian leaders were quick to point out that these were only isolated incidents by what they called an ignorant few. Chairman Yassir Arafat immediately condemned the attacks. 

"We are completely shocked completely shocked. Unbelievable." Later Arafat was seen giving blood, in a symbolic gesture of solidarity with America. Arab allies, the Iranian president and even Libya have strongly condemned what has happened saying that it violates Islamic principles. But on the streets of all these countries anti-Americanism has been building. Moderates are being eclipsed by extremists after almost a year of violence in the Middle East, The Palestinian in (can't tell) in Israel. 

"We don't wish for the destruction of the American people." Said this man. "We just want the destruction of Bush and Congress because they support Israel." 

Experts in radical Islamic terrorism say masterminds like Ossada bin Laden have cleverly manipulated a real sense of grievance into a willingness by some to become human instruments of mass murder. 

Ossada bin Laden has been, in the Muslim world, capitalizing on very sensitive issues that mobilize the whole Arab and Muslim community: The liberation of Jerusalem, American troop presence in Saudi Arabia; of course the fate of the Iraqi people suffering under sanctions. This gathered momentum after the gulf war when bin Laden bitterly complained about US troops in Saudi Arabian troops invited by Saudi Arabian leaders to defend against the Iraqis and yet condemned by bin Laden and extremist Islamic preachers for quote desecrating holy sites. 

In addition, Muslims all over the world have been enraged by a decade of continued bombing against Iraqi military installations and crippling sanctions that have ended up hurting the Iraqi people more than their intended target: Saddham Hussein and his regime. 

Experts say terrorism cells manage to operate in America's Arab allies such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia as well as Europe and North American. 

Fearful of a backlash, mainstream Moslem leaders here in Europe are trying to explain that this war on American civilians is a crime that can never be justified as religious duty. 

"The position of Muslim community in the UK, as I'm sure in different parts of the world is I'm sure is very clear. We condemn absolutely and unequivocally the atrocity that has been committed. We believe that the people, the perpetrators of this heinous crime are outside the pale of civilization." 

So now British and other world leaders are calling for a global alliance to combat a global network of terrorism. To arrest them cell by cell, shut down their financial support and make it more difficult to forge travel documents. There are no quick fixes they say, just a long, sustained, and difficult campaign.