U.S. Image Worsens in the Arab World
Source: Angus-reid.com, 21-04-2008
Angus Reid Global Monitor: Polls & Research - Comparing to 2006, more people in five different predominantly Arab countries have a negative opinion of the United States now, according to a poll by Zogby International and the University of Maryland. 64 per cent of respondents in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have a very unfavorable view of the U.S., up seven points in two years.
Foreign policy, including the decision to launch the coalition effort in Iraq, has largely affected the U.S. image in the Arab world over the past few years. Saudi Arabia is a close ally of the U.S. In 2003, American military bases in that country were used to launch the Iraq invasion.
The United States-led coalition effort against Saddam Hussein's regime was launched in March 2003. At least 4,344 coalition soldiers have died during the military operation.
There has been no official inquiry into the actual number of Iraqi casualties. A volunteer group of British and United States academics and researchers known as Iraq Body Count (IBC) estimates that more than 82,800 Iraqi civilians have been killed during the war.
A regional ministerial meeting about Iraq is scheduled to take place tomorrow. U.S. state secretary Condoleezza Rice will attend the meeting along with several top American diplomats. On Apr. 9, White House spokesman Sean McCormack said Rice expects "they'd talk a lot about Iraq" in the meeting.
Polling Data
Generally speaking, is your attitude towards the United States:
Source: Zogby International / University of Maryland
Methodology: Interviews with 4,046 adults in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, conducted throughout March, 2008. Average margin of error is 1.6 per cent.
Angus Reid Global Monitor: Polls & Research - Comparing to 2006, more people in five different predominantly Arab countries have a negative opinion of the United States now, according to a poll by Zogby International and the University of Maryland. 64 per cent of respondents in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates have a very unfavorable view of the U.S., up seven points in two years.
Foreign policy, including the decision to launch the coalition effort in Iraq, has largely affected the U.S. image in the Arab world over the past few years. Saudi Arabia is a close ally of the U.S. In 2003, American military bases in that country were used to launch the Iraq invasion.
The United States-led coalition effort against Saddam Hussein's regime was launched in March 2003. At least 4,344 coalition soldiers have died during the military operation.
There has been no official inquiry into the actual number of Iraqi casualties. A volunteer group of British and United States academics and researchers known as Iraq Body Count (IBC) estimates that more than 82,800 Iraqi civilians have been killed during the war.
A regional ministerial meeting about Iraq is scheduled to take place tomorrow. U.S. state secretary Condoleezza Rice will attend the meeting along with several top American diplomats. On Apr. 9, White House spokesman Sean McCormack said Rice expects "they'd talk a lot about Iraq" in the meeting.
Polling Data
Generally speaking, is your attitude towards the United States:
| 2006 |
2008 | |
| 4% | 4% | very favorable |
| 8% | 11% |
somewhat favorable |
| 21% | 19% | somewhat unfavorable |
| 57% | 64% | very unfavorable |
Source: Zogby International / University of Maryland
Methodology: Interviews with 4,046 adults in Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, conducted throughout March, 2008. Average margin of error is 1.6 per cent.
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