HOW DID THE WAR IN IRAQ AFFECT AL QAEDA?
Made it harder for Al Qaeda to attack 48% Made it easier for Al Qaeda to attack 6% Had no impact on Al Qaeda 42% More directly, most Americans don’t think the war against Iraq has affected the risk of another terrorist attack, although 34 percent think U.S. military actions in Iraq has increased the risk. This figure is much lower, however, than the number before the war that thought the war would increase the risk of terrorism. Those who believe the risk of attack increased as a result of the war with Iraq are more concerned about another attack occurring where they live. U.S. success in the war against Iraq caused more people to think the U.S. and its allies were winning the war on terrorism, but that perception has fallen a bit a this poll. Fifty-three percent now think the U.S. is winning the war against terrorism, down from 61 percent earlier this month, before the attacks in Saudi Arabia. Before the war against Iraq began, only four in ten Americans thought the U.S. was winning t
