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Old 09-28-2006, 08:45 AM   #1
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IRAQUIS..hate OBL, IRAN, and approve of attacks on US troops

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



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.

_[B]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.[/B]
_An overwhelmingly negative opinion of terror chief bin Laden and more than half, 57 percent, disapproving of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

_[B]Three-fourths say they think the United States plans to keep military bases in Iraq permanently.[/B]
_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.

"What I hear from government representatives and other anecdotal evidence that you hear from Iraqis that is collected by embassy personnel and military personnel is that Iraqis do appreciate our presence there," he said. "They do understand the reasons for it, they do understand that we don't want to or we don't intend to be there indefinitely."

Iraqi officials have said Iraq's security was improving and expanding throughout the country, and most U.S. troops might be able to leave eventually.

Last week, Iraqi President Jalal Talibani told the United Nations that coalition forces should remain in Iraq until Iraqi security forces are "capable of putting an end to terrorism and maintaining stability and security."

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Old 09-28-2006, 10:05 AM   #2
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2)Instead of getting al qeada, Bush pulls special forces from Kabul and send them after Saddam's gun...killing tens upon tens of thousand of innocent iraquis for no reason..
3) Afghan is now a narco state with Karzai in charhe of Kabul and nowhere else...
4) Little BUsh then watches as Iraq descends into civil war..
5) North Korea now has nukes
6) Iran is close
7) Islamic Fascism has been spread by little bush, not wiped out.
He's the worst unelected president this country has ever seen.. :yes:
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Old 09-28-2006, 11:53 AM   #3
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