IRAQ: British poll shows US is a threat to peace

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

LONDON, Feb 11 2003 (IPS) - For the majority of Britons, Iraq is not the biggest threat to world peace but the United States is, a poll showed.

According to the outcome of an opinion poll conducted on Tuesday, two thirds of Britons believed that its was not Iraq which poses the most serious threat to world peace and one out of three believed that the United States poses a much more serious threat, news reports quoted the poll results.

In the meantime, nine out of the 15 United Nations Security Council members support the idea of giving UN weapons inspectors more time to finish their job in Iraq, a senior German government source said on Tuesday.

The source denied that Germany was isolated in its desire to intensify the inspections. "The German government in no way stands alone in its position," the source said.

There are some countries, which opted to support the US in its announcement that – the game was over." These are Britain, Spain and Bulgaria, the source said. "But the rest of the members of the Security Council support the position of the German government," he added.