Tracking Number: 240560
Title: "Public Supports Use of Force to Get Iraqi Compliance." Two-thirds of the American public would support US military action to force Iraq to comply with UN cease-fire
resolutions and support for military action, if necessary to oust Saddam Hussein, also stands close to two-thirds. American Polls. (920826)
Translated Title: le public appuie l`usage de la force en Irak. (920826)
Date: 19920826
Text:
PUBLIC SUPPORTS USE OF FORCE TO GET IRAQI COMPLIANCE
(American Polls) (340) Washington -- Two-thirds of the American public would support U.S. military action to force Iraq to comply with U.N. cease-fire resolutions, recent opinion polling indicates. And support for military action, if necessary, to oust Saddam Hussein from power now also stands close to two-thirds, considerably higher than a year ago.
TWO-THIRDS SUPPORT MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAQ Three differently-worded national polls taken during the past month concur in showing that about two-thirds of the American public (between 64 and 70 percent) approve using force to compel Iraqi compliance with the cease-fire terms.
CBS/NYTimes (August 11-14): "If Iraq fails to comply with the terms of the cease-fire in the Middle East, should the United States take military action against Iraq, or not?"
es - 64% No - 24% Don't know - 12% Boston Globe/KRC Communications Research (August 3-5): "Would you approve of the U.S. using military force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the U.N. resolutions agreed to at the end of the war?"
es - 66% No - 22% Depends, don't know - 12% Gallup Poll (July 24-26): "If Iraq refuses to allow United Nations inspectors access to Iraqi buildings -- as specified by the terms of the U.N. resolutions which ended the Gulf War -- would you favor or oppose the use of military action, including air strikes, against Iraq by the U.S. and its allies?"
avor - 70% Oppose - 24% Don't know - 6% MAJORITY ALSO APPROVES MILITARY ACTION TO OUST SADDAM A Gallup/Newsweek poll (August 6-7) found a 64-30 percent majority supported "U.S. forces resuming military action against Iraq to force Saddam Hussein from power" -- up from a 51-43 percent margin in April 1991.
A Boston Globe/KRC poll (August 3-5) found a 66-22 percent majority approved "the U.S. taking action to remove Saddam Hussein from leadership in Iraq."
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File Identification: 08/26/92, POL302; 08/26/92, AEF307; 08/26/92, LDP310; 08/26/92, EFP302; 08/26/92, EUR312; 08/26/92, NEA309; 08/27/92, NAA404; 08/28/92, AFF509
Product Name: Wireless File
Product
Code: WF
Languages: Arabic; French
Keywords: PUBLIC OPINION; SURVEYS; COMBAT OPERATIONS; MILITARY INTERVENTION; IRAQ/Defense & Military; HUSSEIN, SADDAM
Thematic Codes: 1NE;
2FP
Target Areas: AF; AR; EA; EU; NE
PDQ Text Link: 240560; 240999
USIA Notes: *92082602.POL
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