Full Coverages>World>Iraq Beyond War
   
 

Iraqis divided about invasion
By (Agencies)
Updated: 2004-03-16 14:28

Most people of Iraq have high hopes for the future and say their lives are going well, but they have mixed feelings about the U.S.-led invasion of their country, according to a nationwide poll of Iraqis.

Iraqis are divided over whether the invasion by U.S. and British troops a year ago humiliated their country or liberated it, according to the poll conducted by ABC News and several other media organizations and released Monday.

They have considerable worries about joblessness, security and basic services like electricity, according to the first nationwide poll in Iraq done by news organizations.

"The positive attitudes and the high expectations and optimism are quite striking, with majorities telling us their lives are going well," ABC polling director Gary Langer said. "Expectations carry risks, however. If these are unmet, there could be political consequences."

On a personal level, seven in 10 Iraqis said things are going well for them and more than half — 56 percent — said their lives are going better than before the war, compared with 19 percent who said things are worse.

Seven in 10 said they expect their lives will be better a year from now, with more than one-third saying much better.

But the Iraqis have concerns about the current conditions in their country: Seven in 10 say the availability of jobs is poor and nearly that many said the same about electricity. Almost three-fourths gave a positive rating to local schools, however.

The biggest overall concern nationally was regaining public security — named as the top concern by almost two-thirds in the poll, 64 percent. That was far higher than any other priority.

About half said they oppose the presence of coalition forces, but few want those troops to leave now — wanting soldiers to stay until the Iraqi government is in place or until security is restored.

Only 25 percent said they had confidence in coalition forces to deliver their needs. There were far higher levels of confidence in Iraqi religious leaders, 70 percent; local police, 68 percent; and the new Iraqi army, 56 percent.

Four of five said they want a unified country with a central government in Baghdad. Kurds, an ethnic minority in northern Iraq who make up about one-third of the total population in Iraq, were less likely to feel that way. By a 2-1 margin, Kurds favored the formation of regional states with a federal government. Kurds have been seeking autonomy in Iraq.

The number who think Iraq needs "a single strong Iraqi leader" in the next year increased from 27 percent in November, when the polling firm Oxford Research International last asked the question, to 47 percent now.

When asked what Iraq needs in five years, people were more likely to say an Iraqi democracy, 42 percent, followed by "a single strong leader," 35 percent.

The poll was conducted by the Oxford Research International of Oxford, England, for ABC News, the British Broadcasting Corp., the German broadcasting network ARD and the Japanese network NHK.

The poll of 2,737 face-to-face interviews was conducted in Iraq from Feb. 9-28 and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 2 percentage points.

ABC's Langer said the interviewers faced difficulties conducting the poll because of the security situation in Iraq.

The polling firm "reported a car wreck, interviewers detained by coalition forces, interviewers detained and questioned by Iraqi police, and some who had to detour around a bombing site," he said.

 
  Story Tools  
   
 
     
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产精品1024永久免费视频| 丁香狠狠色婷婷久久综合| 欧美高清在线精品一区| 又粗又紧又湿又爽a视频| 鸡鸡插屁股视频| 国产男女猛烈无遮挡| 91亚洲国产成人精品下载| 天天摸天天躁天天添天天爽| 两个人看的www视频免费完整版| 日本按摩xxxxx高清| 五月婷婷亚洲综合| 欧美人猛交日本人xxx| 亚洲精品乱码久久久久久蜜桃图片| 精东传媒国产app| 又大又硬又爽免费视频| 色综合天天综一个色天天综合网| 国产成人www免费人成看片| 国产三级a三级三级野外| 7777久久亚洲中文字幕蜜桃| 夫妇交换性三中文字幕| 一本色道久久99一综合| 我叫王筱惠第1部分阅读| 久久亚洲免费视频| 日韩成人无码一区二区三区| 亚洲va无码va在线va天堂| 欧美精品一区视频| 亚洲第一页在线观看| 王小明恶魔手机催眠1-6| 免费的一级毛片| 精品人妻少妇一区二区三区| 又紧又大又爽精品一区二区| 色婷婷久久综合中文久久一本`| 国产午夜无码视频在线观看| 黄色毛片小视频| 国产成版人视频网站免费下 | 欧美丰满熟妇XXXX| 亚洲大片免费看| 欧美成在线观看| 亚洲国产韩国一区二区| 欧美日韩在线视频专区免费| 亚洲欧美日韩中文综合v日本|