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[Pligganease]

Poll shows Iraqis back attacks on UK, US forces

LONDON (Reuters) - Forty-five percent of Iraqis believe attacks on U.S. and British troops are justified, according to a secret poll said to have been commissioned by British defense leaders and cited by The Sunday Telegraph.

Less than 1 percent of those polled believed that the forces were responsible for any improvement in security, according to poll figures.

Eighty-two percent of those polled said they were "strongly opposed" to the presence of the troops.

The paper said the poll, conducted in August by an Iraqi university research team, was commissioned by the Ministry of Defense.

Britain has more than 8,000 troops stationed in the south of Iraq, and has had 97 soldiers killed, the most recent the victim of a roadside bomb on Tuesday night.


http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=uri:2005-10-22T214904Z_01_SCH278249_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-BRITAIN.xml

[waggo]

So 55% said they dont back attacks

So your thread headline should read The majority of Iraqis dont back attacks on UK and USA forces.

[Pligganease]

Read into it what you will, friend. I was just trying to show how Reuters, which is esteemed among the left, portrays their opinion as fact.

Notice that there is no mention of the question asked, where the poll was taken, or how many poeple were asked.

It was just a "secret poll said to have been commissioned by British defense leaders."

Next, Reuters will be reporting on Elvis sightings at Target, which have equal validity to this poll.