Most Iraqis Favor Immediate U.S. Pullout, Polls Show

[ProSense]

Most Iraqis Favor Immediate U.S. Pullout, Polls Show

Leaders' Views Out of Step With Public

By Amit R. Paley
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 27, 2006; Page A22

BAGHDAD, Sept. 26 -- A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led military forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence, according to new polls by the State Department and independent researchers.

In Baghdad, for example, nearly three-quarters of residents polled said they would feel safer if U.S. and other foreign forces left Iraq, with 65 percent of those asked favoring an immediate pullout, according to State Department polling results obtained by The Washington Post.

Another new poll, scheduled to be released on Wednesday by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, found that 71 percent of Iraqis questioned want the Iraqi government to ask foreign forces to depart within a year. By large margins, though, Iraqis believed that the U.S. government would refuse the request, with 77 percent of those polled saying the United States intends keep permanent military bases in the country.

The stark assessments, among the most negative attitudes toward U.S.-led forces since they invaded Iraq in 2003, contrast sharply with views expressed by the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Last week at the United Nations, President Jalal Talabani said coalition troops should remain in the country until Iraqi security forces are "capable of putting an end to terrorism and maintaining stability and security."

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Under Bush's the freedom agenda, that's the United States of Iraq!

[Jacobin]

1. The Kurds wuv us

Everyone else is blowing our stuff up.

[ProSense]

2. I think that's because

there are only a couple of hundred American troops in there. They don't want the violence to spread to their area, but they do not want American presence there increased.

[ProSense]

3. Reality!

http://taylormarsh.com/video/__Terror-Torture_V_IRAQ-1.wmv

[USA_1]

4. Too Bad The Dems Won't Use This Truth ...

in the campaign and use it to defeat the Repukeblicans.