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    Eight out of Nine Countries Polled Oppose Death Penalty for Hussein. Only Americans Back Execution if Convicted
    (2006-05-17) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
    In Baghdad, prosecutors began this week to cross-examine Saddam Hussein over his role in the execution of more than 100 Shiites in 1982. Charged with crimes against humanity, the deposed Iraqi president could be sentenced to death by hanging if the panel finds him guilty.
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    Iranians Overwhelmingly Reject Bin Laden: Both Iranians and Americans See Terrorism as a Threat to Their Countries
    (2007-01-30) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
    Iranians and Americans are both very concerned about the danger of terrorism, reject attacks against civilians overwhelmingly and share strongly negative views of Osama bin Laden. Although the U.S. government has accused Iran's government of sponsoring international terrorism, the Iranian people themselves are somewhat more likely than Americans to oppose attacks that deliberately target civilians.
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    Global Poll: Majority Wants Troops Out of Iraq Within a Year
    (2007-09-06) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
    A majority of citizens across the world (67%) think US-led forces should leave Iraq within a year, according to a BBC World Service poll of 23,000 people across 22 countries. Just one in four (23%) think foreign troops should remain in Iraq until security improves.
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    World Public Says Iraq War has Increased Global Terrorist Threat: Favors Early Withdrawal from Iraq But Not If New Government Asks Forces to Stay
    (2006-02-28) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
    A new global poll finds that in 33 of 35 countries surveyed, the most common view is that the war in Iraq has increased the likelihood of terrorist attacks around the world. On average, 60 percent of the respondents have this perception, while just 12 percent think the Iraq war has decreased the likelihood of terrorist attacks; another 15 percent think it has had no effect either way.
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    Among Key Iraq Partners, Weak Public Support for Troop Presence: Majority of Public in United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Australia, Japan Call for Withdrawing Their Troops
    (2005-10-14) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA); Ramsey, Clay; Stephens, Angela
    Among the publics of the coalition partners in Iraq, support for their troops' presence in Iraq is quite weak. A majority of the public in the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Australia, and Japan call for withdrawing their troops, though in some cases this does not appear to be a demand for immediate withdrawal. A plurality of Danes call for withdrawal and a majority of South Koreans favor reduction but not withdrawal.
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    U.S. Public Opposes Permanent Military Bases in Iraq but Majority Thinks U.S. Plans to Keep Them: If New Iraqi Government Sets Timeline for U.S. Withdrawal, Public Thinks U.S. Should Comply
    (2006-03-15) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
    A large bipartisan majority of Americans oppose permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq and believe that most Iraqis are opposed as well, but a modest majority believes that the United States nonetheless plans to have permanent bases, according to a new poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org. A large majority thinks that the United States should be willing to accept a new Iraqi government setting a timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, and thinks that most Iraqis want such a timeline, but an overwhelming majority thinks that the United States would refuse to agree to such a timeline. At this point, a large bipartisan majority favors reducing—though not completely withdrawing—U.S. troops.
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    U.S. Public Opinion In Line With Iraq Study Group’s Proposals: Americans Strongly Endorse Engaging Iran and Syria, Holding International Conference on Iraq Majority Favors Timeline for U.S. Withdrawal of Two Years or Less
    (2006-12-05) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
    A new poll by WorldPublicOpinion.org finds that three out of four Americans believe that in order to stabilize Iraq the United States should enter into talks with Iran and Syria, and eight in ten support an international conference on Iraq. A majority also opposes keeping U.S. forces in Iraq indefinitely and instead supports committing to a timetable for their withdrawal within two years or less.
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    Two in Three Americans Call Iraq a War of Choice, Not Necessity: Majority Now Says That Iraq Had No WMD Program But Still Divided on Whether Iraq Supported al-Qaeda Bush Administration Perceived as Still Saying Iraq Had Major WMD Program and Supported al-Qaeda
    (2006-03-15) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
    By a two-to-one margin Americans now say that the Iraq war was a war of choice, not a war of necessity--i.e., it was not necessary for the defense of the US--and that the war was not the best use of US resources, according to a new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll. For the first time, a majority now believes that Iraq did not have a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program, though the public is still divided on whether Iraq supported al-Qaeda. Such beliefs are highly correlated with support for the war. A large bipartisan majority says that if Iraq did not have WMD or did not support al-Qaeda, the US should not have gone to war. Majorities in both parties perceive the Bush administration as continuing to say that Iraq did have WMDs or a major WMD program and provided substantial support to al-Qaeda.
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    Most Americans Believe Bush Administration is Still Saying Iraq had Major WMD Program: 4 in 10 Americans, 6 in 10 Republicans, Also Believe It Is True
    (2006-04-13) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
    A new report in the Washington Post says that in 2003 members of the Bush administration continued to say that Iraq had a WMD program, citing mobile units purportedly for making biological weapons, even after they had received a report from on-site experts to the contrary. A poll conducted last month by WorldPublicOpinion.org finds that seven in ten Americans perceive the Bush administration as still saying that Iraq had a major WMD program or actual WMD. Not surprisingly 4 in 10 continue to believe that before the war Iraq did have at least a major WMD program, including 6 in 10 Republicans. Two thirds also perceive that the Bush administration is still saying that the Iraq provided substantial support to al Qaeda.
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    Iraq: The Separate Realities of Republicans and Democrats
    (2006-03-28) Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA)
    The war with Iraq, now three years on, will surely be regarded by historians as one of the more unusual wars in history. The stated premise for going to war—Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and support for al-Qaeda—was unfounded, a number of US government commissions have concluded. However, other government leaders have made statements that leave ambiguities on what was in fact the case. Not surprisingly, over the years a number of studies have found that there have been widespread differences among Americans, not only in their attitudes about the war, but also their perceptions of what were, in fact, the realities surrounding it, including the premises for going to war.