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Poll: Most Australians Believe a Terror Attack Likely for Joining US in Iraq War
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Poll: Most Australians Believe a Terror Attack Likely for Joining US in Iraq War
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Two in three Australians believe a terrorist attack is more likely in their country because of the country's participation government's decision to send troops to Iraq, according to a poll released Tuesday.
The survey by the respected polling company Newspoll, conducted for The Australian newspaper, found 65 percent of respondents thought such an attack was more likely, while 30 percent said the Australian role in Iraq made no difference.
The poll results follow a political furor that embroiled Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty after he publicly linked Spain's role in postwar Iraq with the terrorist bombings in Madrid that killed 202 on March 11.
Prime Minister John Howard and his senior government ministers have maintained that there is no evidence to support the claim that Australia's risk of terror attack had escalated because 2,000 Australian military personnel invaded Iraq along with the United States and Britain.
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