Mind-blowingly stupid considering, as Reuters notes, that OBL has bragged about organizing the attack and there’s no reputable evidence to the contrary. Only 9 of the 17 countries polled could claim majorities understanding that Al Qaeda is responsible, and even the numbers in those are extremely troubling:

On average, 46 percent of those surveyed said al Qaeda was responsible, 15 percent said the U.S. government, 7 percent said Israel and 7 percent said some other perpetrator. One in four people said they did not know who was behind the attacks…

In Europe, al Qaeda was cited by 56 percent of Britons and Italians, 63 percent of French and 64 percent of Germans. The U.S. government was to blame, according to 23 percent of Germans and 15 percent of Italians.

So, uh, more French and Germans blame Al Qaeda than British do? How the hell does that happen?

Not surprisingly, Middle Eastern countries are more likely to blame the U.S. government or other party than other nations are.

Israel was behind the attacks, said 43 percent of people in Egypt, 31 percent in Jordan and 19 percent in the Palestinian Territories. The U.S. government was blamed by 36 percent of Turks and 27 percent of Palestinians.

And how’s that ally of ours to the south doing in the noggin?

In Mexico, 30 percent cited the U.S. government and 33 percent named al Qaeda.

Craptastic.