Two-thirds believe London bombings are linked to Iraq war

[tocqueville]

Two-thirds believe London bombings are linked to Iraq war

Labour losing battle to convince public

Julian Glover, political correspondent
Tuesday July 19, 2005
The Guardian

Two-thirds of Britons believe there is a link between Tony Blair's decision to invade Iraq and the London bombings despite government claims to the contrary, according to a Guardian/ICM poll published today.
The poll makes it clear that voters believe further attacks in Britain by suicide bombers are also inevitable, with 75% of those responding saying there will be more attacks.

The research suggests the government is losing the battle to persuade people that terrorist attacks on the UK have not been made more likely by the invasion of Iraq.

According to the poll, 33% of Britons think the prime minister bears "a lot" of responsibility for the London bombings and a further 31% "a little".
Only 28% of voters agree with the government that Iraq and the London bombings are not connected.

The poll follows repeated efforts by the government to stress that al-Qaida attacks, including September 11, took place before, as well after, the invasion of Iraq.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,16132,1531387,00.html

[madeline_con]

1. "Labour losing battle to convince public ..."

What does the Labour Party have to say as the motivation, if any?

"The terrorists have struck across the world, in countries allied with the US, backing the war in Iraq and in countries which had nothing whatever to do with the war in Iraq."

The countries he mentioned earlier all have economic ties to the U.S. and Britain.

He thinks we're stoopid.

[DireStrike]

2. Well, it is a bit of a jump.

I mean, when all is said and done I expect that the "official" findings will prove the public right. But in reality there are no facts known. All we have is an event. Many groups had a motive to do this, and I'm not just talking about terrorists.

[Turbineguy]

3. Finally.......

a terrorist attck that Iraq can be linked to.... Oh wait..... Saddam Hussein isn't running things in Iraq anymore...... Now I'm really confused.

[bullimiami]

4. and the other third believe the earth is flat and the center of

the universe.
and that it was all created around 5000 years ago.

[Cha]

5. I knew they were smarter

than we were as a country..they get real news, ya see.

[Son of California]

6. HOW COME THE BRITISH CAN RESPOND INTELLIGENTLY

But we cant?

how come they can deal with the harsh reality that the world is not always perfectly safe, and we are still trembling and letting our freedom be trampled?