Americans Say Government Was Right to Eliminate Islamist Militant
Almost half of respondents think this kind of action is warranted when there is strong evidence of a person’s involvement in terrorist activities.
Almost half of respondents think this kind of action is warranted when there is strong evidence of a person’s involvement in terrorist activities.
Most respondents agree with the 9/11 Commission and reject the notion that a controlled demolition took place in the World Trade Center.
One-in-five Canadians and more than a third of Britons think the U.S. is less safe now than before the death of the al-Qaeda leader.
Three-in-five Americans believe a terrorist attack is likely to happen in their country—only 38 per cent of Canadians concur.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Three quarters of people in Britain reject the Scottish government’s decision to release Libyan national Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi from prison on compassionate grounds, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 75 per cent of respondents share this view.
Two fifths of respondents think there is a link between the Lockerbie bomber’s release and the financial interests of BP.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – Most people in Britain think it is likely that their country will be the target of a terrorist attack in the next 12 months, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 59 per cent of respondents share this view, whereas 28 per cent do not think this will be the case.
Three-in-ten respondents believe the country is now safer than it was in the aftermath of the 2005 London bombings.
Respondents primarily blame CSIS and Airport Security Personnel for the 1985 terrorist attack.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – A large proportion of people in the United States would support a proposed law that would strip all Americans with links to terrorist organizations of their U.S. citizenship, according to a poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion. 77 per cent of respondents approve of the bill currently being discussed in Congress.