[lbo-talk] ABC News/USA Today/BBC/ARD poll: Iraq: Where Things Stand

[Doug Henwood]

From: "Langer, Gary" <Gary.Langer at abc.com>
Date: March 19, 2007 6:59:56 AM EDT
Subject: ABC News/USA Today/BBC/ARD poll: Iraq: Where Things Stand
ABC News, in conjunction with USA Today, the BBC and ARD German TV,  
has produced an extraordinary national public opinion poll in Iraq.  
Four years after the war began, the survey paints a devastating  
portrait of life in that country - widespread violence, torn lives,  
displaced families, emotional damage, collapsing services, an ever- 
starker sectarian chasm - and a draining away of the underlying  
optimism that once prevailed.

Violence is the cause; its reach vast, the personal toll enormous.

The survey is based on a random national sample of 2,212 Iraqi adults  
interviewed in person from Feb. 25 to March 5 via 458 sampling points  
across the country. In addition to the main analysis, our reporting  
includes a sidebar on how the poll was done, including comments from  
the Iraqi interviewers describing their experiences in the field.

To see the main story, go to http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2954716

This and other ABC News polls may be viewed at http://abcnews.com/ 
pollvault.html