Secret Poll by Brits Find Majority of Iraqi Citizens Support Insurgency

Thanks to Doug Ireland for the link to this very interesting article:
Telegraph

The survey was conducted by an Iraqi university research team that, for security reasons, was not told the data it compiled would be used by coalition forces. It reveals:

• Forty-five per cent of Iraqis believe attacks against British and American troops are justified - rising to 65 per cent in the British-controlled Maysan province;


• 82 per cent are "strongly opposed" to the presence of coalition troops;


• less than one per cent of the population believes coalition forces are responsible for any improvement in security;


• 67 per cent of Iraqis feel less secure because of the occupation;


• 43 per cent of Iraqis believe conditions for peace and stability have worsened;


• 72 per cent do not have confidence in the multi-national forces.

The opinion poll, carried out in August, also debunks claims by both the US and British governments that the general well-being of the average Iraqi is improving in post-Saddam Iraq. MORE