Saturday, September 6, 2003

The latest Washington Post poll is based on telephone interviews with 1,003 randomly selected adults nationwide, and was conducted Aug. 7-11, 2003. The margin of sampling error for overall results is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Sampling error is only one of many potential sources of error in this or any other public opinion poll. Interviewing was conducted by TNS Intersearch of Horsham, Pa.

*= less than 0.5 percent

How likely is it that Saddam Hussein (INSERT ITEM) ? Would you say that it is very likely, somewhat likely, not very likely, or not at all likely?

                                  --------Likely-------  -------Not Likely------   No
                                  NET   Very   Somewhat  NET   Not very   At all  opin. 
a. was personally involved in 
   the September 11 terrorist 
   attacks                         69    32       37      28      15        12      3
b. has provided assistance to
   Osama bin Laden and his 
   terrorist network               82    51       31      14       8         6      4
c. was trying to develop weapons
   of mass destruction             84    62       22      14       9         5      3
d. had already developed weapons
   of mass destruction             78    51       27      19      12         7      3

a. was personally involved in the September 11 terrorist attacks

               --------Likely-------  -------Not Likely------   No
               NET   Very   Somewhat  NET   Not very   At all  opin. 
8/11/03         69    32       37      28      15        12      3
2/6/03*         72    34       38      25      16         9      3
10/24/02        71    34       37      25      16         9      4
9/13/01#        78    34       44      12       9         3      9

* 2/6/03 and previous - Time/CNN. "…personally involved in the terrorist attacks
(on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon) on September 11th (2001) -- very likely,
somewhat likely…"
# "How likely is it that Saddam Hussein is personally involved in Tuesday's terrorist
attacks..."
b,c,d. No trend.