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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 — 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 — fewer than might be expected given this group's nearly unanimous anti-Americanism. About four in 10 — Sunni and Shiite alike — say U.S. forces should remain until security is restored.
"Leave now" sentiment is up, but not vastly, from 2005 — 26 percent then, vs., again, 35 percent now.
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