-Caveat Lector- New Knight Ridder Poll Reveals Overwhelming Majority of Americans Oppose Unilateral U.S. Military Action Against Iraq 1/12/2003 12:01:00 AM
http://netscape5.marketwatch.com/tools/quotes/newsarticle.asp?print=1&symb=&guid= {01E1BA31-AA98-47DC-9412-4E1BBA986E21}&siteid=netscape SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan 12, 2003 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A new nationwide survey conducted by Knight Ridder (KRI) reveals that Americans overwhelmingly oppose unilateral U.S. military action against Saddam Hussein, with only about a third of the public saying they would support a war with Iraq without UN approval and allies. However, a robust majority of Americans -- 83 percent -- said they would support going to war if the United Nations backed the action and if it was carried out by a multinational coalition. The Knight Ridder poll reveals some slippage for CBS MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS OPEC to boost oil output in move that may cap prices How Bush will rope Washington into buying his tax cuts Tech stocks take earnings stage next week Earnings, economic data, Iraq vie for attention TRACK THESE TOPICS Alerts Company: Knight-Ridder, Inc. Create Company: Knight-Ridder, Inc. Create Get Breaking News sent directly to your inbox Create An Alert President Bush since September, when other polls asked whether the president had clearly explained his rationale for a war against Iraq. Then, 52 percent thought the president had clearly explained his position and 37 percent disagreed, compared with the new Knight Ridder poll finding that 48 percent of Americans saying Bush had not clearly explained his rationale and 46 percent saying he had. Asked to rank the various threats facing the U.S., more than twice as many respondents (49 percent of the total) chose Al-Qaida as the greatest peril as chose Iraq. A similar margin thinks that dealing with Al-Qaida should be the nation's top foreign- policy priority. Poll Measures Attitudes Toward North Korea Nuclear Weapons Possession According to the Knight Ridder poll, when it comes to North Korea, a majority of Americans think the U.S. is imperiled by that regime and that America should maintain or enhance its military presence in South Korea. But there is little support for U.S. military action against North Korea, a nation believed to possess nuclear weapons. Seventy-nine percent of those surveyed said the issue should be resolved diplomatically; only 15 percent said the United States should prepare to take immediate military action against North Korea. And only 42 percent of those who think that Al-Qaida or North Korea poses the most serious foreign threat want the White House to place those issues over the economy. For this survey, Princeton Survey Research Associates interviewed 1,204 adults between January 3-6, 2003, and has a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. About Knight Ridder Knight Ridder is the nation's second-largest newspaper publisher, with products in print and online. The company publishes 32 daily newspapers in 28 U.S. markets, with a readership of 8.5 million daily and 12.1 million Sunday. Knight Ridder also has investments in a variety of Internet and technology companies and two newsprint companies. The company's Internet operation, Knight Ridder Digital, develops and manages the company's online properties. It is the founder and operator of Real Cities (www.RealCities.com), the largest national network of city and regional Web sites in 56 U.S. markets. Knight Ridder and Knight Ridder Digital are located in San Jose, Calif. SOURCE Knight Ridder for more information, or to arrange an interview with a Knight Ridder reporter about the poll, please contact: Annalise Carol, +1-212-484-7237, or [EMAIL PROTECTED], or Lisa Wolford, +1-212-484-7058, or [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kri.com Copyright (C) 2003 PR Newswire. 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