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Thursday, 5 December, 2002, 01:46 GMT
Global anger at US 'growing'
![]() Anti-US feeling is strongest in certain Muslim societies
A major survey of global public opinion has found increasing anti-Americanism.
After 38,000 interviews in 44 countries, researchers concluded that in the past two years discontent had also grown in countries considered traditional US allies.
But the survey also revealed that opinions about the US were "complicated and contradictory", with people at the same time embracing American things and decrying US influence on their societies.
Click here for graph showing opinions of the US
Most people in most countries liked American television, films and music, and thought the spread of American science and technology was beneficial, the survey found.
President George Bush said the results partly reflected the work of foreign "propaganda machines" which painted the US in a bad light, the Reuters news agency reported.
National interest
Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who headed the survey, said its results should not be interpreted as a criticism of the Bush administration.
"In many ways it is still in the US national interest to understand what others think of us," Ms Albright said. The survey concludes that:
A follow-up six-nation survey on the threat from Iraq found that people in France, Russia and Germany oppose a war to oust Saddam Hussein. British public opinion is evenly split, while most Americans favour military action.
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