>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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://myweb.lmu.edu/jdevine
