>Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 06:37:57 -0700
>From: "Devine, James" <jdevine at LMU.EDU>
>Subject: [PEN-L] Iraqi cop rot
>Sender: PEN-L list <PEN-L at SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU>
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>The Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies (ICRSS) is out
>today with a new poll showing a 22-point drop since June of Iraqis
>considering themselves "very likely" to vote in the January
>elections. That's significant, but it's nowhere near the most
>important finding in the poll. The big news in the ICRSS poll is
>that it finds more than 55 percent of Iraqis say "people in their
>city did not support the authority of the Iraqi police." ...
>
>Practically every poll of Iraqis conducted over the last year showed
>wide majorities having confidence in the Iraqi police. An
>International Republican Institute (IRI) poll conducted August 10-20
>asked the question: "To what extent do you trust each of the
>following government institutions or officials in Iraq?" The Iraqi
>police overwhelmingly scored the highest, with 80.30 percent saying
>they "completely trust" (47.20 percent) or "somewhat trust" (33.10
>percent) the police. An Oxford Research International poll released
>in June found that nearly 74 percent of Iraqis had "a great deal" or
>"quite a lot" of confidence in the Iraqi police. The final poll
>conducted for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in May found
>76 percent of respondents expressing confidence in the cops.
>
>from THE NEW REPUBLIC ON-LINE (http://www.tnr.com/blog/iraqd?pid=2146)
>Jim Devine jdevine at lmu.edu http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine
If even polls reported in the free press of the free world show the majority of Iraqis refusing to recognize the authority of the Iraqi police, it is clear that "Iraqification" failed faster than "Vietnamization" -- or rather, "Iraqification" never really got off the ground. -- Yoshie
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