Iraqis are more optimistic than Congress

One question showed the sharp divide in attitudes towards the continued presence of foreign troops in Iraq. Some 53 percent of Iraqis nationwide agree that the security situation will improve in the weeks after a withdrawal by international forces, while only 26 percent think it will get worse.

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One question showed the sharp divide in attitudes towards the continued presence of foreign troops in Iraq. Some 53 percent of Iraqis nationwide agree that the security situation will improve in the weeks after a withdrawal by international forces, while only 26 percent think it will get worse.

Ah yes, we know it's all true because it was reported at Fox News!

Liberal news sources are afraid to print any news like this because it will appear that Bush doctrine might work.

Ah yes, we know it's all true because it was reported at Fox News!

Less than 40% of those polled said things were good in their lives, compared to 71% two years ago.

However, a majority of those questioned said that, despite daily violence, they did not believe Iraq was in a state of civil war.

More than 2,000 people took part in the BBC/ABC News poll.

Pessimism 'growing among Iraqis'

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Less than 40% of those polled said things were good in their lives, compared to 71% two years ago.

However, a majority of those questioned said that, despite daily violence, they did not believe Iraq was in a state of civil war.

More than 2,000 people took part in the BBC/ABC News poll.

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Pessimism 'growing among Iraqis'

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Less than 40% of those polled said things were good in their lives, compared to 71% two years ago.

However, a majority of those questioned said that, despite daily violence, they did not believe Iraq was in a state of civil war.

More than 2,000 people took part in the BBC/ABC News poll.

So,since a majority of the people polled in Iraq dont think there is a civil war,why do the people on the left here on A2K,who HAVE NEVER BEEN TO IRAQ,continue to say that there is a civil war?

a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country

Four years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Iraqis describe daily lives that have been torn apart by violence and a faltering economy. Bursts of optimism reported in a 2004 public-opinion survey taken a year after the invasion and another in 2005 before landmark legislative elections have nearly vanished.


Interviews with 2,212 Iraqis -- a survey sponsored by USA Today, ABC News, the British Broadcasting Corp. and ARD, a German TV network -- find a nation that has fragmented into fear. Six in 10 Iraqis say their lives are going badly. Only one-third expect things to improve in the next year.
That's a dramatic change from November 2005, when an ABC News poll found that seven in 10 Iraqis said their lives were good and nearly as many predicted things would get better.
Other findings:
Of 429 Baghdad residents surveyed, none felt safe in his or her neighborhood.
Outside Baghdad, two-thirds of residents called their neighborhoods unsafe. About 38 percent said they avoid leaving home; 42 percent stay away from markets; and 59 percent are careful about what they say.
The poll, taken Feb. 25 to March 5 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points, found that Iraqis by 43 percent to 36 percent said life was better now than before the war. However, that contrasts with the optimism in the November 2005 survey when, by 51 percent to 29 percent, Iraqis said life was better.