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confidence in the US/UK occupation forces and 28% in both Iraq’s
political parties and the Coalition Provisional Authority.
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When asked about what Iraq needs at this time, whilst 86%
answered “an Iraqi democracy”, 81% also mentioned “a single
strong Iraqi leader”.
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In terms of the future structure of Iraq, 79% wanted “one
unified Iraq with central government in Baghdad”, compared
with 14% who wanted regional governments with a federal
government in Baghdad. Only 4% favoured dividing Iraq into
separate independent states.
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When asked what political actions by other people would be
acceptable, whilst the overwhelming majority of respondents
thought any violence was unacceptable, some 17% said attacks
on coalition forces would be acceptable, 14% said the same about
attacks on the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and 10%
thought attacks on foreigners working alongside the CPA would
be acceptable.
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In terms of the continuing presence of the coalition forces in
Iraq, 39% of respondents supported their presence, compared with
51% who were opposed to it.
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As for what would be most effective in improving security in
Iraq, 96% said that creating jobs would be most effective, 93%
said training and hiring more Iraqi local police and 87% said
transferring all political authority to an Iraqi government.
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Whilst 15% said the coalition forces should leave Iraq
immediately, 36% said they should remain until an Iraqi
government was in place and a further 18% said “until security
is restored”.
