From Bob Scheer’s Saddam Has the Last Laugh on Truthdig:
For 3 years, the Iraqi people have been polled at great risk by 150 pollsters sponsored jointly by ABC, BBC and USA Today.
The 2006 results are in.
Percentage of Iraqis who:
believe that the country is better off today than under Hussein — 38
oppose the presence of coalition forces in Iraq — 79
think it is OK to attack coalition troops — 51
-Sunnis — 94
-Shiites — 35
-Kurds — 7
agree that “from today’s perspective, and all things considered,” it was “wrong that U.S.-led coalition forces invaded Iraq in spring 2003.” — 53
call the availability of jobs “bad” — 80
call the availability of electricity “bad” — 88
call the availability of clean water and medical care “bad” — 69
call the availability of fuel for cooking and driving “quite bad” — 88
say the U.S.-led coalition has done a bad job — 76
say the source of neighborhood violence is “unnecessary violence against citizens by U.S. or coalition forces” — 44
say Bush or coalition forces are the most to blame for the violence occurring in the country — 40
say al-Qaida is most to blame — 18
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