Iraq: Britain Decides

As British troops head for the Middle East - do the people back a war?

That's the key question Breakfast asked today, as part of the BBC's special coverage of the Iraq crisis.

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This morning, Breakfast brought you the results of a special BBC poll that could make uncomfortable reading for Tony Blair.

And, we tested the temperature of opinion on the Iraq crisis across Britain and throughout the world.

Do British Muslims back military action against Saddam? From Manchester, we brought you a snapshot of opinion within the Muslim community.

click here to watch Barney Choudhury reporting from Manchester

What do ordinary people think of the threat of war? We took a special BBC bus to Teesside to test public reaction.

click here to find out more about the BBC bus

click here to watch Jane O'Brien's report from Teesside

We also heard from around the world three sets of teachers - in Washington, Paris and Gaza in the Middle East - who have very different opinions.

The BBC's very own Peter Snow brought you the results of a special opinion poll on British attitudes towards war with Iraq.

Less than one in ten of us apparently support war, without a second United Nations resolution to back it up. Even with a new resolution, public opinion at the moment is running 49 per cent in favour of war, to 45 per cent against.

click here to watch Peter Snow's report in full

We also asked - is the latest message claiming to be from Osama bin Laden genuine? Yes, according to terrorism expert Professor Paul Wilkinson.

click here to watch Breakfast's interview in full with Paul Wilkinson.

And, for a view of what it's like inside Iraq, we turned to film-maker Sean McAllister, who visited the country in 1998 to make a documentary about official government "minders".

Recordings of all our interviews and reports this morning will be available shortly.

Iraq: Britain decides

The BBC is running a day of special coverage of the Iraq crisis.

The centrepiece of the day will be an international debate with senior public figures putting the case for and against military action on BBC One at 2030 GMT.

The host, David Dimbleby, will be testing the views of opinion formers, politicians and campaigners from Britain, the Arab world, America and Europe.

Broadcaster Peter Snow, with a new hi-tech video sandtable, will look at the history of the region and explore the military options.

He will also reveal the results of a specially commissioned poll.

The Iraq crisis will be debated across BBC services, including BBC Three, BBC Four, BBC News Interactive and BBC radio.

Public think-tanks

In a BBC conference in central London, there will be a series of special forums where you can join our expert panellists brainstorming the key issues.

These include:

Is war inevitable?

Would war make Britain a more dangerous place?

What would replace the present regime in Iraq?

Newsround Extra will run an Iraq special featuring children's views of the war.

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