haha, "terrorism".. the word makes me giggle. There is a complete double standard here as to how we label people here in the west. An airplane strike that kills innocents is collateral damage whereas a suicide bomber that hits a market is "terrorism" (not that it isn't...both are) A mroe recent example would be that of Israel's bombardment of a democractic nation. They tear up the whole country, destroy the CIVILIAN infrastructure and make life miserable for the common man (kill hundreds upon hundreds in the process)....in the name of destroying Hezbollah. How ironic.
There is anger towards the west (US), primarily because of it's unconditional support for Israel. And "Operation Iraqi Freedom" didn't help calm the situation either, as opposed to what our president claims. In fact the situation has gotten to its absolute worst with the amount of terrorism (domestic terrorism, civil war, etc) growing exponentially.
I'm not justifying terrorism here, rather I'm trying to say that the situation is MUCH mroe complicated than many think(I would also say that is beyond my scope to explain these things more adequately). Simply blaming religion for these problems is an Epic Self-Delusion (the irony here is that once u blame religion, and hate people for their religion, you put yourself in the same category as the people you hate)