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Eerst dacht men dat het verdwijnen van Saddam iets positiefs voor hen ging opleveren, maar dat heeft niet lang geduurd.
Die poll voldoet gewoon aan de standaard eisen voor het uitvoeren van een betrouwbare poll. Dat betekend dat er 2000 of meer mensen zijn ondervraagd.

in 2006

"A new WPO poll of the Iraqi public finds that seven in ten Iraqis want U.S.-led forces to commit to withdraw within a year. An overwhelming majority believes that the U.S. military presence in Iraq is provoking more conflict than it is preventing and there is growing confidence in the Iraqi army. If the United States made a commitment to withdraw, a majority believes that this would strengthen the Iraqi government. Support for attacks on U.S.-led forces has grown to a majority position—now six in ten. Support appears to be related to a widespread perception, held by all ethnic groups, that the U.S. government plans to have permanent military bases in Iraq." PIPA