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To: Ilaine who wrote (41835)	9/3/2002 10:42:53 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

New: From Europe: US 'was partly to blame' for terror attacks' KLP Note: Quite interesting that this article from the Financial Times, UK....doesn't have any reasons given (were any questions asked??) for why Europeans "think" this way. Also, it seems from this knothole, anyhow, that maybe Europeans should wake up, and perhaps fund more of their own protection.... Also wonder what their reaction would be if Iraq (or anyone else, for that matter) hit one or more of their cities, either in the same way, or some other way with any of the weapons that Iraq and possibly others, has....How would Europeans feel if Americans "thought it was 'partly Europe's fault for terror attacks'" US 'was partly to blame' for terror attacks' By Stacy Humes-Schulz in Washington Published: September 4 2002 0:17 \| Last Updated: September 4 2002 0:17 news.ft.com A majority of Europeans think that US foreign policy is partially to blame for the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. A survey of American and European attitudes towards foreign relations found that 55 per cent of respondents from six European countries agreed that US policy had contributed to the attacks. The poll also found widespread public support within the US for an invasion of Iraq, with 75 per cent of American respondents in favour of using military force to overthrow Saddam Hussein and incite regime change. But both European and American respondents were cautious about the US entering Iraq alone, with 65 per cent of Americans and 60 per cent of Europeans urging the US to gain allied support and approval from the United Nations. A mere 10 per cent of Europeans would support US military action in Iraq without backing from the UN and allies. The survey of 9,000 Europeans and Americans was jointly undertaken by the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (CCFR) and the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). The findings also showed that terrorism is a concern for more Americans than Europeans, with 91 per cent of those polled in the US citing international terrorism as a critical threat and only 65 per cent of Europeans identifying it as extremely important. "The tragedy of September 11 has created a seismic shift in US public attitudes about the world and America's place in it," said Marshall M. Bouton, president of CCFR. But a majority of Americans, 52 per cent, think that the US should remain the only world superpower, while 65 per cent of Europeans said that the European Union should become a superpower similar to the US. Only 33 per cent of Americans agreed.