Seven out of 10 Iraqis want foreign forces to leave: poll - Yahoo! News

LONDON (AFP) - More than two-thirds of Iraqis believe US-led coalition forces should leave, according to a poll conducted for British television ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion.

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The ORB/Channel 4 News survey suggested that 70 percent thought multinational forces should withdraw.

Yet some 40 percent of the 4,000 people surveyed said they wanted the United States to play a bigger role in rebuilding Iraq and 36 percent wanted more British involvement.

Overall, the wide-ranging poll painted a mixed picture of Iraqi attitudes, contrasting their bleak daily existence with a surprisingly positive attitude about the future.

It threw up stark statistics on the human cost of war, which began on March 20, 2003, its effect on infrastructure and daily life, plus the bloody sectarian violence that erupted in the aftermath of the invasion.

A quarter of those surveyed said they had lost a family member to murder. In Baghdad, that figure rose to nearly half (45 percent).

Some 81 percent had suffered power cuts and 43 percent had experienced drinking water shortages. In the last month, more than a quarter (28 percent) had been short of food.

Opinions varied on progress towards democracy.

Less than a quarter (23 percent) thought military action would prove to have been in Iraq's long-term interests but 55 percent were optimistic about the future -- although 48 percent of the minority Sunni were not.

Some 45 percent said they were satisfied with the pace of change, compared with 40 percent who were not; and just over two-thirds (68 percent) predicted Iraq would "one day be peaceful and normal."

Four out of five people said their own area was already trouble-free.

- ORB and its local partner IIACSS interviewed 4,000 Iraqis in person between February 24 and March 5.

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Everything you just said is total bullshit

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A majority of Americans want out also.
It is not up to the people.It is up to the governments,mainly the U.S.We are fighting for democracy,remember?lol

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I still think its hilarious they want the British over the Americans. That says so much in itself

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Like the unfortunate recipients of yankee aid, compassion, & of course-firepower- from all over the world, the Iraqis would be complete morons to prefer the USA over the brits.........

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The voters get what they deserve.


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They want the British to help rebuild and police. Its a funny irony. For them to want the British that created that nation with its invasive idiocy to come back versus the Americans shows exactly how much everybody hates the Americans

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The Iraqis hate Americans more than anyone else, that's why their government doesn't tell us to leave. They want to kill all the Americans they can , what a stupid bunch of AH's we have running our country..

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Of course, the Iraqis want the troops to leave. DUH!
You want to distort the truth. You got your ass kicked in Iraq. Hahahaha

You got your ass kicked in Iraq when the Iraqis turned against the Al Qaida. Now, the Iraqis know YOU are the enemy. They hate you! Hahahaha