tom_thinks
Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Surprise! U.S. Poll of Iraqis finds they want U.S. to leave
Somehow the obvious often eludes the Bush Administration, fortunately the Coalition Provisional Authority has conducted this poll to help them out.
The poll also shows that 67% of Iraqis support Muqtada al-Sadr compared to Iyad Allawi, the newly appointed prime minister who enjoys only 23% support. For a more in depth reading of these poll results check out Juan Cole's take on it.
The Associated Press - Washington in Depth: WASHINGTON (AP) - A poll of Iraqis commissioned by the U.S.-backed government has provided the Bush administration a stark picture of anti-American sentiment - more than half of Iraqis believe they would be safer if U.S. troops simply left.
The poll, commissioned by the Coalition Provisional Government last month but not released to the American public, also found radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is surging in popularity, 92 percent of Iraqis consider the United States an occupying force and more than half believe all Americans behave like those portrayed in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse photos.
The poll also shows that 67% of Iraqis support Muqtada al-Sadr compared to Iyad Allawi, the newly appointed prime minister who enjoys only 23% support. For a more in depth reading of these poll results check out Juan Cole's take on it.
posted by Tom, 6/16/2004 02:19:00 PM
