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Worldwide survey: war in Iraq has increased threat
of terrorism
LONDON,
February 28—The majority of those who responded to a
33-country survey believe that the U.S. and British
military intervention in Iraq that began in March
2003 has increased the threat of terrorism in the
world, according to a BBC poll published
Tuesday.
Sixty percent of those surveyed
believe that the invasion of Iraq has contributed to
increasing the threat of terrorism in the world,
while 12% believe the opposite, and 15% believe that
nothing has changed since then, according to the
poll, carried out by BBC Radio and reported
by AFP.
The countries where respondents
were most critical included China, where 85% of
those surveyed believe that the terrorist threat is
greater now; South Korea (84%); and Egypt (83%). In
the UK, 77% of those surveyed share this opinion, as
do 75% of Iraqis and 55% of U.S. Americans.
In Spain, 79% of respondents
believe the threat is greater, and in France, 67%
agree, while in Germany, it is 80%; Italy, 81%, and
Russia, 58%.
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