From: "Phil Payne" 

"Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
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> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article1530762.ece
> MOST Iraqis believe life is better for them now than it was under Saddam
> Hussein, according to a British opinion poll published today.

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/focusoniraq/2007/M
arch/focusoniraq_March140.xml§ion=focusoniraq

Asked whether their lives were overall better or worse than before the
invasion, 43 percent said better, 36 percent worse and the rest about the
same. Expectations for how things will be in a year were much lower than in
2005, with only 35 percent expecting improvement compared to 64 percent in
a 2005 survey.

The survey showed sharp geographical variations, with confidence in
U.S.-led forces highest in the north, at 46 percent, and non-existent in
Baghdad, where 100 percent said they had not very much or no confidence in
U.S.-led forces.

Overall, 18 percent of Iraqis expressed confidence in US forces and 69
percent said their presence made security worse.

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