Wednesday, November 12, 2003

From the "Iraq and peace in the world" European Comission poll (full pdf)
Europeans were asked if the following countries presented a threat to peace in the world and .. Israel and the US rank as high, even higher, than Iran and North Korea.






















Israel United States

North Korea

Iran
Afghanistan Pakistan Syria

Libya

Arabia
China India

Russia
Somalia EU
59% 53% 50% 48% 36% 30% 21% 16% 8%


Denmark is the only country where a majority of respondents (57%) believe that military intervention in Iraq was justified. EU countries as a whole believe that the war was not justified (68%). Read some reaction from the Jewish press, the Arab press, and an analysis from the World Socialist Web Site.