Arabs More Concerned With U.S. and Israel Than With Iran

From IPS News

Arabs Less Worried About Iran, Poll Finds
Jim Lobe

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (IPS) - U.S. and Israeli hopes of forging of a Sunni Arab alliance to contain Iran and its regional allies may be misplaced, at least at the popular level, according to a major survey of six Arab countries released here Thursday.

The face-to-face survey of a total of 3,850 respondents in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates found that close to 80 percent of Arabs consider Israel and the United States the two biggest external threats to their security. Only six percent cited Iran.

And less than one in four Arabs believe Iran should be pressured to halt its nuclear programme, while 61 percent, including majorities in all six countries, said Tehran had the right to pursue it even if, as most believe, the programme is designed to develop nuclear weapons.

 

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Sen. Dodd/Sen.Menendez Introduce Bill Restoring Habeas Corpus

   Senator John Dodd is introducing a bill to restore the writ of Habeas Corpus that the Bush Crime Family has taken away not only from prisoners of war but from the citizens of the United States as well.

   The bill is being co-sponsored by Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) who originally voted to allow Bush to suspend our rights under Habeas Corpus.

   At least Menendez is trying to fix his mess-up which cannot be said about to many politicians.

Sen. John Dodd (D-CT)

On Tuesday, February 13th, I plan on re-introducing the Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007. The bill will restore Habeas Corpus protections to detainees, bar information acquired through torture from being introduced as evidence in trials, and limit presidential authority to interpret the meaning and application of the Geneva Conventions. Check back here tomorrow for the full text of the bill and a detailed explanation of what it does.

 

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