US Black Hawk helicopter shot down in Iraq (also new polls)

[Nancy Waterman]

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,1071432,00.html

A US army Black Hawk helicopter was shot down yesterday near Tikrit, the home of former president Saddam Hussein, using a readily available grenade launcher worth less than £40.

The incident comes at a time when attacks against American troops in Iraq are on the rise, averaging more than two dozen every day, and underscores the vulnerability of the American army, despite its technological sophistication and overwhelming power.

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A poll released this week showed that 67 per cent of Iraqis view the American-led coalition as 'occupying powers', more than 20 per cent higher than a survey conducted shortly after the fall of the former regime. According to the poll, conducted by Iraq's Centre for Research and Strategic Studies, the number of Iraqis who view the coalition as a 'liberating' force has dropped from 43 to 15 per cent, and very few feel safe in the presence of the police or foreign armies controlling the country.

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In a second blow to US and British hopes for a Western-modelled democracy in Iraq, the poll also revealed that the vast majority of Iraqis preferred an Islamist government - 33 per cent supporting a theocracy and 23 per cent an Islamic democracy such as that in Iran.

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. That story is from 10/26/03

Sorry, it's not LBN.

[ithacan]

2. " 33 per cent supporting a theocracy " Hey that's the same as in the US!!!

I'd guess that lots of the Repubs who are worshipping Bush would LOVE to have a theocracy in this country. the Bush regime is certainly doing all in its power to push us in that direction!!

Check this site out: http://www.theocracywatch.org/ to see how the Republican Party has been taken over by the theocrats.

The Bushies are totally clueless on Iraq. Anyone who knew anything about that region and about Iraq could have predicted that if the US invaded in the way it did, this would be the outcome.

This PROVES that the anti-war folks were right all along!!

[VolcanoJen]

3. LBN Rules... locking

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