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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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk