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DayDreamer
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posted September 28, 2006 12:10 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Poll: Iraqis back attacks on U.S. troops

By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer
Wed Sep 27, 6:28 PM ET


About six in 10 Iraqis say they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, and slightly more than that want their government to ask U.S. troops to leave within a year, a poll finds.

The Iraqis also have negative views of Osama bin Laden, according to the early September poll of 1,150.

The poll, done for University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes, found:

_Almost four in five Iraqis say the U.S. military force in Iraq provokes more violence than it prevents.

_About 61 percent approved of the attacks — up from 47 percent in January. A solid majority of Shiite and Sunni Arabs approved of the attacks, according to the poll. The increase came mostly among Shiite Iraqis.

_An overwhelmingly negative opinion of terror chief bin Laden and more than half, 57 percent, disapproving of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

_Three-fourths say they think the U.S. plans to keep military bases in Iraq permanently.

_A majority of Iraqis, 72 percent, say they think Iraq will be one state five years from now. Shiite Iraqis were most likely to feel that way, though a majority of Sunnis and Kurds also believed that would be the case.

The PIPA poll, which included an oversample of 150 Sunni Iraqis, has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

The State Department, meanwhile, has conducted its own poll, something it does periodically, spokesman Sean McCormack said. The State Department poll found two-thirds of Iraqis in Baghdad favor an immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces, according to The Washington Post. McCormack declined to discuss details of the department's poll.

"What I hear from government representatives and other anecdotal evidence that you hear from Iraqis that is collected by embassy personnel and military personnel is that Iraqis do appreciate our presence there," he said. "They do understand the reasons for it, they do understand that we don't want to or we don't intend to be there indefinitely."

An Iraqi public opinion research firm with a proven record of conducting scientifically valid surveys conducted the department's poll, press officer Janelle Hironimus said later.

"We will not identify the firm in order to protect it and its employees from danger," she said.

Iraqi officials have said Iraq's security was improving and expanding throughout the country, and most U.S. troops might be able to leave eventually.

Last week, Iraqi President Jalal Talibani told the United Nations that coalition forces should remain in Iraq until Iraqi security forces are "capable of putting an end to terrorism and maintaining stability and security."

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Program on International Policy Attitudes: http://www.pipa.org

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lioneye68
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posted September 28, 2006 12:53 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Iraqi officials have said Iraq's security was improving and expanding throughout the country, and most U.S. troops might be able to leave eventually

Yay! What time is "eventually"? Coalition forces would like nothing better than to go home.

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DayDreamer
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posted September 30, 2006 12:19 AM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Here's the full article..
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/250.php?nid=&id=&pnt=250& lb=hmpg1

and some of the graphs from this poll...


US Presence Seen as Having a Net Negative Effect

Commitment to Withdraw Seen as Strengthening Government

Growing Confidence in Iraqi Security Forces

Attacks on US-Led Forces


Belief that US Plans Permanent Bases in Iraq

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