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LONDON,
April 10 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - One year after the
Iraqi occupation, a survey of BBC viewers worldwide found Friday,
April 9, that the U.S. poses a far greater threat to the world than
terrorism and armed conflicts.
Polled
about the biggest problems facing today’s world, more than half of
1500 viewers of the BBC news and international channel fingered the
U.S.
Respondents
from Europe, Asia, North and South America, the Middle East, Africa
and Australia, ranked the power of the U.S. as the biggest worry
(52.3%).
"We
were a little surprised that global superpowers and corruption were
ranked top but we will track whether they are gaining from topical
interest or are of greater long-term significance," said BBC
World's head of research and planning Jeremy Nye.
An
earlier survey carried out in nine world countries showed that the
majority of peoples mistrust
of the U.S. foreign policies and suspect the motives behind its
so-called war on terror.
In
October, a poll by the European Commission indicated that 59 percent
of Europeans see Israel as the greatest
threat to peace in the world.
The
same view was also upheld by the majority of Americans.
A
survey by a Jewish group, the Anti-Defamation League, showed that 43
of Americans see Israel as a threat to world peace.
