(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Most people in five different predominantly-Arab countries believe the United States and Iran have gained the most out of the ongoing war in Iraq, according to a poll by Zogby International and the Arab American Institute. 62 per cent of respondents in Egypt and 41 per cent of respondents in Jordan think the U.S. benefited the most from the conflict.

Conversely, 51 per cent of respondents in both Saudi Arabia and Lebanon think Iran has gained the most. In the United Arab Emirates, respondents were almost evenly split in their assessment. Very few people in these five countries consider that Iraq or Saudi Arabia have benefited from this war.

The coalition effort against Saddam Hussein's regime was launched in March 2003. At least 3,254 American soldiers have died during the military operation, and more than 24,300 troops have been wounded in action.

On Mar. 28, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia declared publicly for the first time that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq is unlawful, declaring, "In beloved Iraq, blood is flowing between brothers, in the shadow of an illegitimate foreign occupation, and abhorrent sectarianism threatens a civil war."

Saudi Arabia is a close ally of the U.S. In 2003, American military bases in that country were used to launch the Iraq invasion.

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