[lbo-talk] re New Poll in Iraq: 48% View US Positively

[Stephen Philion]

The results of an opinion poll done in 5 of Iraq's provinces (Baghdad,
Basra, Diwaniyah, al-Hillah, Kirkuk), with 1300 respondents late fall, 2003,
have been announced by a Baghdad social research institute and reported in
az-Zaman newspaper.

--1) late fall, i.e. 3,4 months ago.

 2) more relevant is the feeling in the so-called "sunni triangle', which
must be considerably lower than areas like shitte dominated areas like
basra, hilah...
if they love us so, why are we shooting up civilians like there is no
tomorrow?

and sorry, this is too good to be true:
65% have confidence in the Interim Governing Council. (!!)

steve