[IP] Interesting Harris poll: 24% of Americans still believe that 9/11 hijackers were Iraqis]

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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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
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[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






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