Attack on US is Likely, Poll Finds

Almost 80 percent of Americans believe it is “likely” that terrorists will launch a deadly attack on the United States sometime within the next five years, according to a new poll.

The UPI-Zogby International poll asked almost 6,000 Americans if they believe a terrorist attack is imminent. According to UP, 79.2 percent of those asked said it was either “very likely” (42.5 percent) or “somewhat likely” (36.7 percent) there would be a terrorist attack in the next five years that will claim US lives and be within the country’s borders.

The poll also found that 10.5 percent of people found the possibility of a terrorist attack to be “somewhat unlikely” and a mere 3.1 percent found the scenario to be “very unlikely.”

“The opinions are only slightly better in the short term,” UPI says. While 8.4 percent of participants said a deadly terror attack in the United States is “very likely” in the next 12 months, 43.4 percent said it was “somewhat likely.” Another 27.7 percent said such an attack was “somewhat unlikely” and 10.3 percent said it was “very unlikely.”

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