Poll: Iraqis back attacks on U.S. troops (61%, up from 47% in January)

[Barrett808]

Poll: Iraqis back attacks on U.S. troops
By BARRY SCHWEID, AP Diplomatic Writer

WASHINGTON - 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, according to a poll in that country.

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.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060927/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraqi_opinion

[marmar]

1. Is THAT what BushCo meant by "welcomed as liberators?"

:yoiks:

[central scrutinizer]

2. democracy is on the march

but who listens to polls?

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Hearts and minds, eh?

Any more progress like this in Iraq and it won't be safe for Americans anywhrere.

[ECH1969]

4. Going after the Madhi Army doesn't seem all that popular does it

"The increase came mostly among Shiite Iraqis."

As long as we were the protectors of the Shia against the Sunnis we had the Shia on our side. The second we went after the militias in 2004 and now hard in 2006 we pissed all our Shia support away.

[Jack Rabbit]

5. Deleted

Wrong thread.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. And that's just the people...

who admit to it in a poll.

[DemInDistress]

7. the Iraqi people will throw flowers at the troops,,,,Lilly's...nt

[Tellurian]

8. Iraqis Back Attacks on U.S. Troops

Poll: Iraqis Back Attacks on U.S. Troops


WASHINGTON (AP) - 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, according to a poll in that country.

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 United States 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 also conducted its own poll, something it does periodically, spokesman Sean McCormack said. The State Department poll found that 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 Iraq poll.


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On the Net:

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

[Tellurian]

9. The evidence gathered in the polling results..points to:

The only benefit to having troops in Iraq IS for Oil Interests..

We don't want our troops there for obvious reasons.
They don't want us there for obvious reasons.
This war is destabilizing the World..

So, why are we there again?

What democracy?

We're losing OUR Constitutional Rights for what, I forgot?

[pampango]

10. Also from that poll...

- 61% (down a little from 58% in January)of Iraqis think that violence will decrease as a result of a US withdrawal

- 53% (up from 39% in January) think that Iraq's own security forces will be able to meet the country's security challenges in six months.

- 94% have an unfavorable view of al Qaeda (which seems to be shooting itself in the foot at the same time that it explodes bombs.)

- 77% want a strong government that will get rid of the militias (surprising unpopularity of militias in all ethic groups.)

- 61% (down from 77%) think that ousting Saddam Hussein was worth the hardships they have suffered since.

- 96% (up from 93%) oppose attacks against Iraqi security forces.

- 100% (up from 99%) disapprove of attacks against Iraqi civilians.