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[casi] Fw: Fw: Iraq survey



nathanial and co
we put the US iraq poll you posted out as a press release yesterday and
called a few folk who hadn't seen it, including the daily mirror, see report
in D MIrror below. Thanks for your hard work Nathaniel
Richard Byrne
Voices UK
----- Original Message -----
From: richardbyrne <richardbyrne@tiscali.co.uk>
To: <voices@viwuk.freeserve.co.uk>; <milanrai@btinternet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Iraq survey


> DON'T ACT ALONE, YANKS TELL BUSH
>
>

>
> TWO thirds of Americans don't want to wage war on Iraq without UN backing,
a
> poll revealed yesterday.
>
> But half mistakenly believe that Iraqis carried out the 9/11 attacks.
>
> Larry Hugick, who led the survey, said: "We found that most Americans
> weren't happy to go to war without support.
>
> "Half thought Iraqis were responsible for September 11, but they still did
> not back Bush's government going it alone."
>
> Most of the 1,204 people quizzed said Bush hadn't given a strong enough
case
> to attack Iraq. Many expressed fears of huge casualties on both sides.
>
> Two-thirds said they thought Iraq DID have weapons of mass destruction,
but
> doubted if UN inspectors would find them.
>
> Bill Quarton, 52, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, said: "We've been given no
> compelling reasons for going to war."
>
> Dan Yeager, 24, of Grand Ledge, Michigan, added: "I think going after Iraq
> is just for Bush's own popularity."
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Milan Rai <milanrai@btinternet.com>
> To: richardbyrne <richardbyrne@tiscali.co.uk>
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 11:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Iraq survey
>
>
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> > The full poll results are there exactly as it says in the
> > email, at www.miami.com, attached to the story. It's a
> > pdf file (200+ pages long!).
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Mil
> >
> > 13/01/03 19:09:03, "richardbyrne"
> > <richardbyrne@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >    From:   "richardbyrne"
> > <richardbyrne@tiscali.co.uk>
> > >    To:     <milanrai@btinternet.com>
> > >    Subject:Fw: Iraq survey
> > >    Date:   Mon, 13 Jan 2003 19:09:03 -0000
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >    mil
> > >    some extra stuff about the knight ridder survey
> > >    i asked the folk who did it at princeton for info
> > about how the
> > >
> > >    difference in level of informedness affected the
> > results and they sent
> > >    me this below.
> > >    It seems v hard to get hold of raw data off them. I
> > asked them for the
> > >    report in full and they referred me back to the
> > thing nathaniel sent out
> > >
> > >    richard
> > >    ----- Original Message -----
> > >    From: Margie Engle
> > >    To: richardbyrne@tiscali.co.uk
> > >    Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 3:13 AM
> > >    Subject: Iraq survey
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >    Our awareness/informed scale was based on the
> > following 4 questions:
> > >    1. Were any Iraqi citizens were 9/11 hijackers?
> > >    2. Pres. Bush won Cong. approval for military
> > force against Iraq?
> > >    3. Iraq agreed to weapons inspections?
> > >    4. U.S. administration has publicly released
> > evidence of Iraq - 9/11
> > >    link?
> > >    Respondents who answered 3 out of 4 correctly
> > were considered well
> > >    informed, at least 1 out of 4 correct
> > >    Medium, and no correct answers were low
> > awareness/informed.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >    Here are some results looking at the differences
> > between these 3 groups
> > >    on  their support.
> > >
> > >
> > >    Do you think the U.S. should or should NOT take
> > military action to
> > >    disarm Iraq….?
> > >    Should -   62% (High/Well Informed)  68%
> > (Medium) 69% (Low)
> > >    Should not - 32% (High)  24% (Medium)  22%
> > (Low)
> > >
> > >    Do you think the U.S. should of should NOT take
> > military action to
> > >    remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein…?
> > >    Should -   54% (High/Well Informed)  67%
> > (Medium) 66% (Low)
> > >    Should not - 38% (High)  24% (Medium)  23%
> > (Low)
> > >
> > >
> > >    If Iraq responds to a U.S. attack with chemical or
> > biological weapons,
> > >    would you support using Nuclear weapons against
> > Iraq?
> > >
> > >    Yes -   36% (High/Well Informed)  49% (Medium)
> > 51% (Low)
> > >    No - 58% (High)  40% (Medium)  39% (Low)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >    Please contact me if you have any additional
> > questions.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >    Margie Engle
> > >    Princeton Survey Research Associates
> > >    609-924-9204 x. 16
> >
> >
> >
>


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