WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) — The rise of pro-democracy movements in the Middle East has failed to improve the image of the United States in the region, a poll has determined.
The Pew Global Attitudes Project said a survey conducted prior to the death of Osama bin Laden found that people in key Arab nations and other predominantly Muslim countries still have a negative view of America.
In Jordan, Turkey and Pakistan, views are even more negative than they were a year ago, the poll indicated.
Pew said with the exception of Indonesia, U.S. President Barack Obama remains unpopular in Muslim nations it polled.
People in most of those countries disapprove of the way he has handled calls for political change in the Middle East, Pew said.
The poll found widespread support for democracy in the Middle East, especially in Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt.
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