Poll of Saudis shows wide support for bin Laden's views

CNN ^ | 6/9/04 | CNN

[ClassicBeat0]

Almost half of all Saudis said in a poll conducted last year that they have a favorable view of Osama bin Laden's sermons and rhetoric, but fewer than 5 percent thought it was a good idea for bin Laden to rule the Arabian Peninsula.

The poll involved interviews with more than 15,000 Saudis and was overseen by Nawaf Obaid, a Saudi national security consultant.

It was conducted between August and November 2003, after simultaneous suicide attacks in May 2003 when 36 people were killed in Riyadh.

Obaid said he only recently decided to reveal the poll results because he felt the public needed to know about them.

[Viking2002]

Just to show that Mooslim extremism goes much deeper than a few thousand cave dwellers with towels on their heads.

Let the bombing begin.

[refermech]

The Saudis are the enemy make no mistake about it.

[O.C. - Old Cracker]

Almost half of all Saudis said in a poll conducted last year that they have a favorable view of Osama bin Laden's sermons and rhetoric

Big shock. I am guessing that even the ruling class would give a thumbs up to Osama bin Laden if he would guarantee that their wealth and health would be spared from his jihad

[sheik yerbouty]

"What is good in life?" To smite the jihadists, to drive their leftist enablers before you., and to hear the lamentations of their media! It's time the Saudis paid the piper.

[luvbach1]

Yes, just a small percentage support the terrorists. Keep repeating the soothng mantra, repeating, repeating, repeating...

[Lady Heron]

Just the latest poll showing how muslims support terrorist.

[Rummyfan]

Who cares what a bunch of camel f***ers think! The average Saudi doesn't even work - he has Filipinos, Indians, and Bangladeshis for all that. We should take the oil and let these barbarians fend for themselves.

[Terpfen]

Saudi Arabia is MOAB country.

[Travis McGee]

We're going to find out, sooner or later,

If Osama will pray, to a glowing crater.

[Puppage]

than a few thousand cave dwellers with towels on their heads.

Can you say TURBAN RENEWEL?

[saxxa]

AND POLLS SHOW KERRY AHEAD OF PRESIDENT BUSH

[reagan_fanatic]

This is a lie. I know it is cause islam is a religion of peace and because mooslims can coexist peasefully with infidels like us. So says muhammed (piss be upon him.)

/s

[dr_who_2]

Forty-one percent said they favored strong and close relations with America, while only 39 percent said they had a favorable opinion of the Saudi armed forces, both results that Obaid also termed "surprising."

"They don't trust their army," said Obaid, who noted that the security forces fared far better.

He noted that less than a third of Saudis polled had a positive opinion of militant clerics, although government-appointed religious figures did better.

The poll showed strong support for political reforms and allowing women to play a greater role in society. Almost two-thirds said they favored allowing women to drive, something they are currently banned from doing.

The people, they are not only fickle. They are stupid.

..But that's beside the point. The only thing this poll says is that Saudi Arabia, like many parts of the Middle East, is there for the taking, provided that the taker has the 'nads to take it. The Saudi Royals can't supress honest dissent and pay off the barbarian invaders forever. They can move backward or forward, but they can't stand still.

[jordan8]

Who cares what they believe. As long as they are kept out of our part of the world it doesn't matter.

[swarthyguy]

Well, duh, it's only USG propanda that constantly cites garbage like "fringe extremist elements".

Heck, Osama is bigger than Elvis and Jesus and the Beatles combined.