>LONDON, England (CNN) -- The British public believes the United States and
>North Korea are bigger threats to world peace than Iraq, a survey released
>on Tuesday shows.
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>Despite the global drama surrounding Iraq, three out of four Britons no
>longer see it as a major danger, according to the Channel 4 News poll.
>
>The percentage of people who see Iraq as a threat has fallen to 23 percent
>from 40 percent in November.
>
>Meanwhile, concern over North Korea, which has said it is resurrecting its
>nuclear weapons program, increased from 4 percent to 27 percent.
>
>The perception of danger from the United States grew from 27 percent to 32
>percent.
>
>A majority, 61 percent, said they were convinced Iraq possesses banned
>weapons and that steps should be taken to keep them from falling into the
>hands of terrorists.
>
>About the same percentage of respondents, 62 percent, said they would
>support the use of force against Iraq if a majority of U.N. Security
>Council members voted for it.
>
>Half of the people survey said a war against Iraq would be wrong because
>of the loss of Iraqi civilian lives.
>
>British Prime Minister Tony Blair's reputation took a hit in the poll.
>
>Half see him as U.S. President George W. Bush's "lapdog," up from 46
>percent in November. Blair also is seen as less trustworthy than before,
>scoring 4.1 on a scale of one to 10, with 10 being most trustworthy. His
>previous score in the Channel 4 poll was 4.7.
>
>In other results:
>
>• 40 percent of respondents see Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as a fairly
>big threat, but an equal percentage -- slightly more than last year -- see
>him as a fairly small threat; 71 percent see him as an evil dictator
>
>• 61 percent of those surveyed were unconvinced by U.S. Secretary of State
>Colin Powell's presentation on Iraq to the U.N. Security Council last week
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>• Of the 61 percent, 40 percent felt the evidence presented by Powell was
>genuine but doesn't prove anything; 21 percent felt the information was false.
>
>YouGov questioned 2,300 people online between February 7 and 10. That
>sample was drawn from 3,213 people who participated in the survey last
>November.
>
>According to the surveyers, raw data was weighted to represent the
>democratic profile of all British adults.
>
>Channel 4 said the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2
>percentage points.