Poll: One-Third of U.S. Fears New Attack

[oberliner]

WASHINGTON -- Fears of another terrorist attack are intensely personal for those who live in the two cities struck Sept. 11, 2001 _ New York and Washington.

Well over half of New Yorkers and Washingtonians are worried their cities will be attacked again, an AP-Ipsos poll found. Nationwide, a third worry their own communities will be attacked.

Fear of terrorism surfaces in many aspects of life. People are nervous about public transportation, take note of suspicious people and think back often to the horrors of Sept. 11.

Five years after the attacks, the terrorist threat is still evolving. Britain's foiling of what authorities called a multiple hijacking plot in early August was a stark reminder. Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, who claims to have ordered the Sept. 11 attacks, remains free, probably in the mountains near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. And the only person convicted in the U.S. for the Sept. 11 massacre is Zacarias Moussaoui, a Frenchman who was in jail when it happened.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/31/AR2006083100131.html

[gaspee]

1. I fear

Getting killed by a drunk or aggressive driver, or maybe getting cancer. Terrorists, not so much. I fear getting killed by terrorists about as much as I fear getting eaten by a shark. Terrifying idea, but not really reality based...

[Kolesar]

4. ...climate change ... n/t

[gaspee]

6. Yup, that one too

Especially since I live about a mile from the coast in a low lying area.

[gkhouston]

8. you don't receive many...

candygrams?

[maxsolomon]

2. 33% afraid of attacks, 33% support for bush

news flash scaredy-cats: the statistical risk is infinitely small. and if it happens there's nothing you can do.

[KansDem]

7. Yeah, that comparison popped into my mind as well.

...nooooooo coincidence.

[SoCalDem]

11. It's the same "dirty-thirty" who savaged Clinton

unfortunately, THEY have the ear of the media, so they are portrayed as the most "impordant" faction of the population..

The headline should have been..

SIXTY-SEVEN percent are NOT that afraid....

[htuttle]

9. And 33% think the US Government was behind 9/11

...according to study I read just this week.

It would be interesting to see how those groups overlap!

[LibDemAlways]

3. "Nationwide a third worry their own communities will be

attacked."

The corporate whore media in conjunction with the fearmongers in the Bush Crime Family have done their jobs well when people in small towns think terrorists are lurking, ready to strike the local Piggly Wiggly. A good percentage of Americans have no critical thinking skills and no common sense either.

[Ezlivin]

5. 5,000 people die each month

And we haven't started a war on automobiles. People aren't afraid to take to the highways.

Man, these Republicans have got their propaganda down pat. They could be real good Nazis.

[arcane1]

10. I guess that means that 2/3 don't buy the fearmongering bullshit!

count me in!

[filer]

12. 33% see nothing wrong with Dubya and Dick eating a baby.

Just so long as they are good Christian men and protect us from the terrorists.