From: Blunderov (squooker@mweb.co.za)
Date: Sat May 29 2004 - 06:56:14 MDT
Joe Dees
Sent: 29 May 2004 01:59 PM
As to other opinion, I have not seen it supported by polls. I tend to trust
the horses' mouths (the Iraqis themselves), and that is who was asked by the
BBC (and yes, they were quite surprised, and dare I say it, disappointed,
but to their credit, they reported the poll esults anyway).
---- [Blunderov] Here it is. Best Regards http://auto_sol.tao.ca/node/view/425 <q> Poll finds most Iraqis want U.S., U.K. out soon ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - Despite concerns about their own safety, the majority of Iraqis say they want the U.S. and British troops now in Iraq to leave within the next few months, according to a countrywide poll of people in Iraq. "There's a sense of disillusionment," Gallup's director of international polling, Richard Burkholder, said today. "They had higher expectations of us. If we can sweep their army aside in a matter of weeks, why can't we stabilize their country? We're a victim of their high expectations." Seven in 10 said their lives or the lives of their family would be in danger if they were seen to be co-operating with the Coalition Provisional Authority currently governing Iraq. Almost two-thirds, 64 per cent, said actions by the coalition have turned out worse than they expected at the time of the invasion. The CNN-USA Today-Gallup poll was taken between March 22 and April 9, before the latest rounds of fighting between coalition forces and insurgents. A relatively small number of the 3,444 face-to-face interviews were conducted more recently. Almost six in 10, 57 per cent, said they would like to see coalition troops leave "immediately, within the next few months," while 36 per cent said they would like to see those troops stay longer. Despite the reservations, Iraqis have mixed feelings about the effects of the U.S. led invasion. - Six in 10 say ousting Saddam Hussein was worth the hardships they have faced since then. - Half said they are better off since Saddam was ousted, while 25 per cent said they are doing about the same. Burkholder said the trend in Baghdad, where Gallup polled last August and September, reflects a drop in attitudes about U.S. troops. Last August, almost six in 10 Iraqis said they had a positive view of how U.S. troops are behaving. Now, residents of Baghdad view U.S. soldiers negatively, by almost 8-1. Only a quarter of Iraqis said attacks on U.S. troops are completely unjustified. Less than a third of Iraqis said the attacks are completely or somewhat justified from a moral standpoint. Another one in five said those attacks are sometimes justified. Seven in 10 in the poll said they view the U.S. presence as an occupation and not a liberation. Both Sunnis and Shiites shared the generally negative views of the U.S. mission in Iraq and U.S. troops. But in the Sunni region in central Iraq, where troops have faced some of the strongest resistance, six in 10 said the attacks on U.S. troops can be justified morally. The poll conducted by the Pan Arab Research Center of Dubai had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus two percentage points. </q> --- To unsubscribe from the Virus list go to <http://www.lucifer.com/cgi-bin/virus-l>
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