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Douglas Carpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-29-06 07:36 AM
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University of Maryland Poll: Most Iraqis support attacks on U.S. troops
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraqi_opinion_7

"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."

link to Program on International Policy Attitudes:

http://www.pipa.org/

"A large majority of Iraqis—71%—say they would like the Iraqi government to ask for US-led forces to be withdrawn from Iraq within a year or less. Given four options, 37 percent take the position that they would like US-led forces withdrawn “within six months,” while another 34 percent opt for “gradually withdraw US-led forces according to a one-year timeline.” Twenty percent favor a two-year timeline and just 9 percent favor “only reduc US-led forces as the security situation improves in Iraq.”

http://www.pipa.org/
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