'The enemy of my enemy is my brother' I believe that is a saying originating from the Middle East.

Over the last 60 years western and other governments have armed the enemies of their enemies, offered them funding and training.

Why should we be surprised that we find the weapons turned back on us.

Strict controls on weapons exports is no longer the answer, all the stuff is out there already.

Governments of all kinds seem blind to see what happens when you sell/provide arms idescriminently.

What is now different is that the terrorists are making use of modern technology and raising the anti. They are linking up in ways we never thought possible and doing things that were never thought possible.

Their thinking/reasoning is totally alien to most of us. They even bomb their own people (Saudi for example). They come from all religeons.

Even if we did get our Governments to agree to negotiate, then with whom will they negotiate. The governments of countries who have known terrorist groups inside their countries are unlikley to put their hands up and volunteer for talks as their are most likely to be splinter factions who would disagree and go on and make an attack to prove their own point.Viz the Real IRA.

So we cannot negotiate with them. Nor can we bomb them out of existance, nor can we invade every country harbouring them. Even soft options like trade embargoes dont work.

These organisations are able, intelligent and well funded and are constantly looking to make a new incident more horrific than the next. I only think it is a matter of time before they get hold of a device such as a battlefield nuclear weapon (small but horribly effective) from a country that has no control over its own arms arsenal and use it. After all in the latest incident no one noticed 10 bombs being placed so how much easier for the placement of just one.

Sorry folks I dont have any answers to all this,just putting thoughts down on paper, I find it very depressing that the Pandora's Box is truly open.