America still blames Saddam for 9/11

NEARING the second anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, seven in 10 Americans continue to believe that Saddam Hussein had a role in the attacks.

This is in spite of the fact the Bush administration and congressional investigators say they have no evidence of this.

Sixty-nine percent of Americans said they thought it at least likely that Hussein was involved in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, according to a poll conducted by the Washington Post poll. That impression, which exists despite the fact that the hijackers were mostly Saudi nationals acting for al-Qaida, is broadly shared by Democrats, Republicans and independents.