Poll: U.S. troops in Iraq seen by Europe, Muslim nations as danger to Mideast
The presence of U.S. troops in Iraq is a greater threat to Mideast stability than the government in Iran, according to a poll of European and Muslim countries. People in Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Russia rated America's continuing involvement in Iraq a worse problem than Iran and its nuclear ambitions, according to polling by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Views of U.S. troops in Iraq were even more negative in countries like Indonesia, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and Pakistan. America's image rebounded in some countries last year after the U.S. offered aid to tsunami victims, but those gains have disappeared, the Pew poll found. For example, 52% of Russians had a favorable view of the U.S. in 2005, but that slipped to 43% in 2006. In India, 71% had a favorable view and that slipped to 56% this year. In Spain, the favorable rating slipped from 41% last year to 23% this year.
In Indonesia, the percentage with a favorable view of the U.S. dropped from 38% to 30% this year. Fewer than a third of the people in Egypt, Pakistan, Jordan and Turkey had a favorable view of the U.S.
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