Thursday, September 11, 2008

Non-Americans still doubt Al-Qaeda perpetrated 9/11

Seven years after the September 11 attacks, there is no consensus outside the United States that Islamist militants from Al-Qaeda were responsible, according to the findings of an international poll published on Wednesday.

The survey of 16,063 people in 17 nations found majorities in only nine countries believe Al-Qaeda was behind the attacks on New York and Washington that killed about 3,000 people in 2001.

US officials squarely blame Al-Qaeda, whose leader, Osama bin Laden, has boasted of organizing the suicide attacks by his followers using hijacked commercial airliners.

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