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Interesting Harris poll: 24% of Americans still believe that 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis]
From: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 05:55:03 -0500 (EST)
---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Interesting Harris poll: 24% of Americans still believe that 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis From: "Brett Glass" <brett () lariat net> Date: Fri, December 30, 2005 1:56 am To: dave () farber net -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Dave - for IP if you'd like. It is amazing to me that a quarter of our country EVER believed the Bush Administration's bogus claims that Saddam Hussein and/or Iraq were linked to 9/11, but that's what this poll shows. (Even more still refuse to let go of the idea that Hussein had links to Al Qaida, despite the fact that Hussein's government was secular and therefore anathema to Bin Laden and his followers.) About a quarter of Americans still believe the Administration's now discredited claims that Iraq had WMD. Fascinating stuff. -BG] Many Americans Still Believe Hussein Had Links to al Qaeda THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE December 29, 2005 Sizeable minorities of Americans still believe Saddam Hussein had "strong links to al Qaeda," a Harris Interactive poll shows, though the number has fallen substantially this year. About 22% of U.S. adults believe Mr. Hussein helped plan 9/11, the poll shows, and 26% believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the U.S. invaded. Another 24% believe several of the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis, according to the online poll of 1,961 adults. However, all of these beliefs have declined since February of this year, when 64% of those polled believed Mr. Hussein had strong links to al Qaeda and 46% said Mr. Hussein helped plan 9/11. At that time, more than a third said Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and 44% said several of the 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis. Currently, 56% of adults believe Iraqis are better off now than they were under Mr. Hussein, down from 76% in February. Nearly half of those polled say they believe Iraq, under Mr. Hussein, was a threat to U.S. security, down from 61% in February. Full results and methodology at: http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB113579153636833083-Xd1XL6NfsXVhzTL0_JKthJ9Wiic_20061229.html ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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