From: "Mark" 

I wonder how the results would go if the question were phrased: "The
U.S. is leaving tomorrow and releasing Saddam to his primary palace with a
battalion of his former loyal troops, do you still want them to leave?
Yes___ No___

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> "Mark"  wrote in message
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>>  > "...for example saying that "82 per cent are
"strongly opposed" to the
>> presence of coalition troops" is a pretty much tricky sentence because
>> while I do think that maybe even 90% of the people in any country do not
>> want foreign troops on their land, it remains important to state whether
>> a time interval was included in the question or not. If not, then the
>> question was designed to give a misleading result and if there was one,
>> then it should have appeared along with the results.
>>
>> I mean it could be true or close to the truth that 82% of Iraqis do not
>> want the troops to stay indefinitely but if it was meant to say that 82%
>> want the troops to leave now then I assure you that the results have been
>> forged. Moreover, there are some contradictions among the results, look
>> at this one closely "43 per cent of Iraqis believe conditions for peace
>> and stability have worsened" this means that 57% of the answers either
>> indicated that stability and peace have improved or they have not changed
>> ..."
>> http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/2005/10/polls-can-we-rely-on-them.html
>>
>>
>>
>
> Last year 71% wished us to leave immediately -  81% if the Kurds were
> excluded so it doesn't look like those numbers have changed.  I'll admit I
> am surprised at the number that supposedly supports attacks as way more
> Iraqis are hurt than coalition forces
>
>
> http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0429/dailyUpdate.html
>
> To get a sense of what Iraqis were thinking a year after the overthrow of
> former dictator Saddam Hussein, researchers for the Gallup Organization,
> working with funding from CNN and USA Today, sat down with 3444 Iraqis in
> March and early April (before the latest outbreaks of violence). They
> conducted interviews that lasted as long as 70 minutes (often at great
> personal risk). And what they found does not bode well in the short-term
> for the US and its allies in Iraq, although it may bode well for the
> future of Iraq as a democracy
>
> Other telling findings of the survey were that an overwhelming majority of
> Iraqis, 71 percent (and that figure rises to 81 percent if the Kurdish
> areas in the north are excluded), now see the US-led coalition as an
> occupying force and not as liberators. USA Today reports that a solid
> majority, almost 60 percent, want the US and its allies to leave
> immediately, even if it means the security situation will deteriorate.
>
>
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