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■ Polls show international support for Gulf War. In Germany, Wickert Institute poll finds 70 per cent support for allies’ actions; 82 per cent have no sympathy for U.S. antiwar demonstrators. In Britain, February 1 London Sunday Times poll shows 89 per cent in approval. French support rings in at 76 per cent, as reported in Libération newspaper poll. Among Italian youth, 65 per cent support, according to Panorama. … In the Mideast, Egyptian poll shows 86 per cent in support. Osama El Baz, undersecretary of Egyptian foreign ministry, says antiwar protestors in his country make up small minority—only 10 to 15 per cent. Turkish Piar Marketing Research/Sabah poll of January 28-31 finds 52 per cent of Turks favor George Bush’s Gulf policy, though they are hesitant to join the battle and feel war threatens nation. . . . Here at home, January 20 New York Times/CBS News poll finds that 82 per cent surveyed approve of George Bush’s handling of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, as opposed to 66 per cent in poll taken on eve of war. . . . Harvard Crimson poll finds 61 per cent of students on that campus support American participation in the Gulf War.

■ Antiwar Update: Major peace group, Campaign for Peace in the Middle East, includes familiar players such as SANE/Freeze, Mobilization for Survival, Women Strike for Peace, American Friends Service Committee, etc. . . . Columnist Christopher Day of radical Guardian deplores dispersal of antiwar energies among rival peace groups competing for attention. . . . Guardian also warns that Lyndon LaRoucheites, Liberty Lobby, John Birch Society, “and other wolves in antiwar clothing” are trying to infiltrate the peace movement. . . . Meetings by a National Organization for Women (NOW) commission to investigate third-party possibilities are scheduled for early 1991. Appointed to commission by NOW president Molly Yard are such leftist retreads as former California chief justice Rose Bird, Barry Commoner, former Machinist Union president William Winpisinger, United Farm Worker official Dolores Huerta, and ubiquitous Ramsey Clark. . . . Radical homosexual groups, including ACT-UP, are setting up 800 number to help spread news about their activities.

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■ Polls show international support for Gulf War. In Germany, Wickert Institute poll finds 70 per cent support for allies’ actions; 82 per cent have no sympathy for U.S. antiwar demonstrators. In Britain, February 1 London Sunday Times poll shows 89 per cent in approval. French support rings in at 76 per cent, as reported in Libération newspaper poll. Among Italian youth, 65 per cent support, according to Panorama. … In the Mideast, Egyptian poll shows 86 per cent in support. Osama El Baz, undersecretary of Egyptian foreign ministry, says antiwar protestors in his country make up small minority—only 10 to 15 per cent. Turkish Piar Marketing Research/Sabah poll of January 28-31 finds 52 per cent of Turks favor George Bush’s Gulf policy, though they are hesitant to join the battle and feel war threatens nation. . . . Here at home, January 20 New York Times/CBS News poll finds that 82 per cent surveyed approve of George Bush’s handling of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, as opposed to 66 per cent in poll taken on eve of war. . . . Harvard Crimson poll finds 61 per cent of students on that campus support American participation in the Gulf War.

■ Antiwar Update: Major peace group, Campaign for Peace in the Middle East, includes familiar players such as SANE/Freeze, Mobilization for Survival, Women Strike for Peace, American Friends Service Committee, etc. . . . Columnist Christopher Day of radical Guardian deplores dispersal of antiwar energies among rival peace groups competing for attention. . . . Guardian also warns that Lyndon LaRoucheites, Liberty Lobby, John Birch Society, “and other wolves in antiwar clothing” are trying to infiltrate the peace movement. . . . Meetings by a National Organization for Women (NOW) commission to investigate third-party possibilities are scheduled for early 1991. Appointed to commission by NOW president Molly Yard are such leftist retreads as former California chief justice Rose Bird, Barry Commoner, former Machinist Union president William Winpisinger, United Farm Worker official Dolores Huerta, and ubiquitous Ramsey Clark. . . . Radical homosexual groups, including ACT-UP, are setting up 800 number to help spread news about their activities.