Iraqis on US witdrawal
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3D2954716&page=3D2
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Worsening views of U.S. and other forces in Iraq tracks the =
deterioration of conditions in the country. In the first ABC News =
poll in Iraq, in February 2004, 51 percent of Iraqis opposed the =
presence of U.S. forces on their soil. By November 2005 that jumped =
to 65 percent. Today, it’s 78 percent.
But how to proceed is complicated. Even as they express discontent =
with U.S. forces, Iraqis are equivocal about their departure =97 a =
reasonable compunction, given the uncertainty of what might follow. =
Just over a third (35 percent) favor immediate U.S. withdrawal, =
peaking at 55 percent of Sunni Arabs =97 fewer than might be expected =
given this group’s nearly unanimous anti-Americanism. About four in =
10 =97 Sunni and Shiite alike =97 say U.S. forces should remain until =
security is restored.
“Leave now” sentiment is up, but not vastly, from 2005 =97 26 percent =
then, vs., again, 35 percent now.
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