Survey indicates Iraqis in despair

Survey seen by Al Jazeera shows 90 per cent think country is worse off after war.

A Photo released by the US Departmet of Defence shows outgoing US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld addressing service members at a Town Hall meeting with troops assigned to Al-Asad Air Base in Iraq's restive Al-Anbar province during a surprise visit to Iraq, 09 December 2006.
Citizens in Iraq and in the US hope to see an end to the presence of American troops in Iraq

It also comes as armed men attacked the convoy of Iraq’s vice-president and as up to 30 Iraqis were kidnapped in Baghdad on Thursday.

NBC reported that only 23 per cent of respondents backed the president’s strategy, representing an 11-point drop since the last NBC poll in October.

Nearly seven in 10 respondents said they felt less confident the war would come to a successful conclusion, NBC said. Fifty three per cent said the US did not have an obligation to killed or wounded American soldiers to remain in Iraq.

‘Very poor’ government

Bush has said he is considering options for changing US policy in Iraq following the results of the bi-partisan Iraq Study Group report, but has said he will not be rushed into any decision.

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Nearly 66 per cent of respondents to the Iraqi survey thought violence would decrease if US forces were to leave.

Thirty-eight per cent were also “unconfident” that Nuri al-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, would be able to improve the situation in Iraq and nearly 90 per cent described the government’s implementation of its commitments and promises as very poor.

Of the respondents, 36.5 per cent said they felt the official security forces were unable to keep control in the country.

Source: Al Jazeera, News Agencies