Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Arab world sees U.S. in poor light, poll shows

Reuters/Africa, here
"....83 percent had an unfavorable view of the United States and 70 percent had no confidence in the superpower......
Over 80 percent of respondents identified the Arab-Israeli conflict as a key issue but just over half -- 55 percent -- did not believe there would ever be a lasting peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians despite U.S. efforts.......
In the Lebanese conflict, only 9 percent expressed sympathy with the majority governing coalition supported by Washington while 30 percent backed the opposition led by the militant group Hezbollah, which the United States opposes......
In the conflict between Hamas and Fatah, only 8 percent said they sympathized most with Fatah and 18 percent were more partial to Hamas, while 37 percent said they backed both."

1 comment:

mo said...

9 percent expressed sympathy with the majority?

hmm...9% of 4m = 360,000

yet they had 500,00, no 1million, no 1.5 million people at their rally, how does reuters explain that?

They are obviously Syrian controlled.