Poll: Most Iraqis live in fear of violence 4 years after invasion

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2007-03-18-iraq-poll_N.htm?csp=1
Poll: Most Iraqis live in fear of violence 4 years after invasion
Updated 2h 41m ago

By Susan Page, USA TODAY
Four years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, nearly 9 of 10 Iraqis say they live in fear that the violence ravaging their country will strike themselves and the people with whom they live.
Just 5% say they worry "hardly at all" about the safety of those in their household.

The findings are part of a survey of Iraqi public opinion sponsored jointly by USA TODAY, ABC News, the British Broadcasting Corp. and ARD, a German TV network. The full results from face-to-face interviews with 2,212. Iraqis from Feb. 25 to March 5. will be released Monday.

While some parts of the country have seen more violence than others, almost no one feels exempt from the war's toll.

"There is no life at all," Solaf Mohamed Ali, 38, a Shiite woman who works in a bank. USA TODAY interviewed Ali and other Baghdad residents to supplement the poll findings. "We are eating, drinking and sleeping like animals, but animals are lucky because they are not scared all the time like we are. They don't think that they might be killed at any moment, so I think even the animals are much happier than us."

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1. this will not be good for the WH--coming our on 4th anniversity

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2. another similar article: 'Traumatized' Iraqis a growing concern

'Traumatized' Iraqis a growing concern
Sunday, March 18, 2007James PalmerNewhouse News Service
Baghdad- Iraqi psychiatrists are seeing what they call a disturbing spike in mental health disorders as terrorism, an armed insurrection and a bloody sectarian divide grip their country. The escalating psychiatric caseloads are compounded by Iraq's lack of mental health workers, facilities and services.

Several mental health-care professionals suggest the number of untreated or undertreated people nationwide reaches into the millions, and the consequences could permanently damage generations.

"Iraqis are being traumatized every day," said Said Al-Hashimi, 54, a psychiatrist who runs a private clinic and teaches at Mustansiriya Medical School in Baghdad. "No one knows what will result from living through this continuous trauma on a daily basis."

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Though no reliable research exists on the state of Iraqis' mental health, the preliminary results of a survey of 10,000 primary school students in north Baghdad, conducted by the Iraqi Society of Psychiatrists and the World Health Organization, reveals startling and widespread problems.

The study, which has yet to be published, found at least 70 percent of students were suffering from trauma-related symptoms, according to Mohammed Al- Aboudi, Iraq's national mental health adviser. Aboudi said those numbers appeared so high that the survey was redone - only to find similar results.

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3. Where's are all the warm and fuzzy feeling Iraqis?

Or is the White House lying to us again?

We all know that the repukes don't like poll number and have a high sense of values with assholes like Tom DeLay leading the parade.

BTW, why isn't DeLay in jail?

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4. No DUH!! I wouldn't be caught dead posing w/US Soldiers if Iraqi!

Seriously, folks.

And yet, CNN, "the most trusted name in News" has these happy fuzzy pieces about reporters talking-schmoozing to kids in refugee camps, and the "kids just swarm around you". Yeah they do, cause they need food, & they want to get the Fu__ out of there! How about "hey you got some chicken?"
I mean, really people. Get a grip! With the level of violence that's going on, you could get killed for smiling at any reporter or an American soldier. It's called Self Preservation. It kicks in when you feel threatened. It's fight or flight. "Well my friend Bobby got killed after he posed for picture with that American reporter, so I don't think that's a good idea."
I would long for the days of the dictator if I lived there too.