New Poll: Most Iraqis Now View US as 'Occupier'

[joefree1]

New Poll: Most Iraqis Now View US as 'Occupier'
Alisha Ryu
VOA Baghdad
18 Nov 2003, 15:09 UTC


In Iraq, a new opinion poll, conducted by an independent Iraqi research group shows an increasing number of people view coalition forces as occupiers rather than liberators.
Pollsters at the newly established Iraq Center for Research and Strategic Studies in Baghdad conducted more than 1,600 face-to-face interviews in seven major cities in late September and early October.
The founder of the center, Sadoun Al-Dulame, is an Iraqi university professor who spent years in exile during Saddam Hussein's regime.
He said the new survey shows a much more negative Iraqi attitude toward coalition forces than his first survey showed. The first poll was taken a month after U.S. forces captured Baghdad in April. "When the American troops, the first time they arrived in Iraq, most of the Iraqis perceived them as liberating forces. But after six months, most of the Iraqi people look at them as occupying forces," he said.
Six months ago, nearly 43 percent of the Iraqis polled said that they viewed coalition forces as liberators. Now, according to the survey, that number has plummeted to less than 15 percent.
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http://www.iwar.org.uk/news-archive/2003/11-18-3.htm
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Uh-oh. I thought the Vietnam analogy was far fetched. I thought Iraq was another Lebannon or Samolia. Now, I don't know.



"It's not over 'till Arnold gropes the fat lady" —Bill Press, on MSNBC

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[BlackFrancis]

1. definition of occupier

To seize possession of and maintain control over by or as if by conquest

Even if we seriously consider the notion that we are motivated by nothing at all (especially oil) over there other than our incredibly compassion for Iraqi's you can't escape that definition. Maybe it doesn't translate to Arabic very well.

[bushisanidiot]

2. Most Iraqi's Who Are Allowed To Speak Without A Gun Pointed

to their head. they better not give their names in interviews or uncle sam's gonna kick their door down.. if not, bulldoze it down.

[bif]

3. Well no shit, Sherlock!

Liberators, my ass.

[otohara]

4. What Happens When We're Not Invited Guests?

what ever that means