Thread: Seven of 10 Britons fear Iraq-style conflict in Libya

Britons fear Libya becoming another Iraq -poll

Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:24am GMT

Seven of 10 Britons fear Iraq-style conflict

* Almost half disapprove of the intervention

LONDON, March 29 (Reuters) - Seven out of 10 Britons think coalition forces enforcing a no-fly zone in Libya could get sucked into another Iraq-style conflict, a poll showed on Tuesday.

The ComRes poll carried out for the Independent newspaper found 47 percent think the government was wrong to launch air strikes against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, while 43 percent approve of the decision.

Tuesday's poll found that 71 percent of those questioned feared the intervention could drag on, despite Prime Minister David Cameron insisting that Libya is "not another Iraq".

Respondents' views were split along party political lines. A majority (58 percent) of Conservative voters, the leading voice in the coalition government, backed the intervention, while coalition partner Liberal Democrats and opposition Labour were less supportive.

A ComRes/ITN poll undertaken a week ago found that 43 of the public disagreed with the action, suggesting opposition was hardening.

ComRes interviewed a random sample of 1,000 adults by telephone between March 25 and March 27.

(Reporting by Stefano Ambrogi; Editing by Michael Roddy)

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7 of 10 got it right!