82 Percent of Iraqi's want coalition forces out

The poll has been cited in Rep. Murtha's resolution to
withdraw found here -
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/pa12_murtha/pr_051117_iraqres.html

The poll data cited was compiled by Great Britain's
Ministry of Defense. An article about it is here -
http://telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/23/wirq23.xml

I have copied the resolution here (it's short), and
clips from the article follows -

" (H. J. Res._________ )-

To Redeploy U.S. Forces from Iraq.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MR. MURTHA introduced the following joint resolution,
which was referred to the Committee on
____________________________

Whereas Congress and the American People have not been
shown clear, measurable progress toward establishment
of stable and improving security in Iraq or of a
stable and improving economy in Iraq, both of which
are essential to "promote the emergence of a
democratic government";

Whereas additional stabilization in Iraq by U.S.
military forces cannot be achieved without the
deployment of hundreds of thousands of additional U.S.
troops, which in turn cannot be achieved without a
military draft;

Whereas more than $277 billion has been appropriated
by the United States Congress to prosecute U.S.
military action in Iraq and Afghanistan;

Whereas, as of the drafting of this resolution, 2,079
U.S. troops have been killed in Operation Iraqi
Freedom;

Whereas U.S. forces have become the target of the
insurgency;

Whereas, according to recent polls, over 80% of the
Iraqi people want the U.S. forces out of Iraq;

Whereas polls also indicate that 45% of the Iraqi
people feel that the attacks on U.S. forces are
justified;

Whereas, due to the foregoing, Congress finds it
evident that continuing U.S. military action in Iraq
is not in the best interests of the United States of
America, the people of Iraq, or the Persian Gulf
Region, which were cited in Public Law 107-243 as
justification for undertaking such action;

Therefore be it

1) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in
2) Congress assembled,
3) That:
4) Section 1. The deployment of United States forces
in Iraq, by direction of Congress, is
5) hereby terminated and the forces involved are to be
redeployed at the earliest practicable
6) date.
7) Section 2. A quick-reaction U.S. force and an
over-the-horizon presence of U.S. Marines
8) shall be deployed in the region.
9) Section 3. The United States of America shall
pursue security and stability in Iraq
10) through diplomacy.


_______________________________
JOHN P. MURTHA
Member of Congress"

Available here -
http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/pa12_murtha/pr_051117_iraqres.html



Article -

Millions of Iraqis believe that suicide attacks
against British troops are justified, a secret
military poll commissioned by senior officers has
revealed.

The poll, undertaken for the Ministry of Defence and
seen by The Sunday Telegraph, shows that up to 65 per
cent of Iraqi citizens support attacks and fewer than
one per cent think Allied military involvement is
helping to improve security in their country.
.................
It reveals:

• Forty-five per cent of Iraqis believe attacks
against British and American troops are justified -
rising to 65 per cent in the British-controlled Maysan
province;

• 82 per cent are "strongly opposed" to the presence
of coalition troops;

• less than one per cent of the population believes
coalition forces are responsible for any improvement
in security;

• 67 per cent of Iraqis feel less secure because of
the occupation;

• 43 per cent of Iraqis believe conditions for peace
and stability have worsened;

• 72 per cent do not have confidence in the
multi-national forces.

The opinion poll, carried out in August, also debunks
claims by both the US and British governments that the
general well-being of the average Iraqi is improving
in post-Saddam Iraq.
..........................
The report profiles those likely to carry out attacks
against British and American troops as being "less
than 26 years of age, more likely to want a job, more
likely to have been looking for work in the last four
weeks and less likely to have enough money even for
their basic needs".
.......................

That appears to have failed, with the poll showing
that 71 per cent of people rarely get safe clean
water, 47 per cent never have enough electricity, 70
per cent say their sewerage system rarely works and 40
per cent of southern Iraqis are unemployed."