[lbo-talk] new Iraq poll
Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Oct 5 06:59:07 PDT 2004
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Survey: Iraqis losing election confidence
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* More than 55 percent said people in their city did not support the
authority of the Iraqi police.
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 06:37:57 -0700
From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [PEN-L] Iraqi cop rot
Sender: PEN-L list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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
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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