THIS picture shows the moment when anti-war campaigner Brian Haw came face-to-face with the student accused of trying to blow up an American passenger jet.

The Woodford Green-born father-of-seven was just two weeks into his protest against British sanctions (and laterly military action) against Iraq when he was visited at his base in Parliament Square by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab - then aged just 15 - and his classmates during a school trip to London in June 2001.

Abdulmutallab, now 23, was arrested after allegedly trying to blow up a Delta passenger aircraft over Detroit on Christmas Day.

According to reports in the US media, the Nigerian - who was a student at University College London - is believed to have packed his underwear with explosives which failed to properly detonate.

Mr Haw was shocked by news of Abdulmutallab's arrest, but said he could not remember meeting him.

He said: "I get so many people coming to see me here that I really can't remember him.

"It's tragic what he's been accused of doing - and let's just remember that he's not been found guilty of anything yet.

"They talk about youngsters being radicalised, but what are we doing dropping hell fire on people in places like Afghanistan.

"We are radicalising people by dropping bombs and yet we dare to call ourselves Christian, civilised and decent.

"We need to take a look at what this country is doing."

Mr Haw has since widened his campaign to protest against the War on Terror in general - and marched from Parliament Square to Oxford in February last year to speak in favour of pacifism at the Oxford Union.

He marked his 3000th day of protest in Parliament Square in August.