Friday, June 25, 2004

It's a hit!

Yep, the early reviews are in, and Way New™ brand sovereignty by Bushco® is drawing raves from the people of New Iraq®!

That's the verdict of a new poll released by the Coalition Provisional Authority.
Four out of every five Iraqis expected that the new government will "make things better" for Iraq after the handover, with 10 percent expecting the situation to remain the same and 7 percent anticipating a decline, the poll shows.
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"That's huge penetration -- and it happened quickly," said the coalition official, who asked for anonymity because of the rules on naming officials in Baghdad. "It's partly because Allawi is on all the Arab media every day talking about security. He's visiting sites, and there are constantly images of the prime minister tackling security, which is what Iraqis care most about right now. It resonates, and it comes across in these figures."
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Despite the growing number of attacks on Iraqi security forces, including several yesterday, public confidence in the new police and army has reached new highs, the poll shows. Seventy percent of Iraqis polled supported the new army, and 82 percent supported the police.

The poll was based on more than 1,000 face-to-face interviews conducted June 9-19
Of course, things change, and some of the respondents may not have seen the news from Falluja on the 19th...

Fallujah Residents: U.S. Warplane Kills 20

and it didn't get better on the 20th.

Iraqis Deny Zarqawi Men Used House Hit in U.S. Raid

Iraq Group Threatens to Kill S.Korean Hostage -TV

Mistakes Loom Large as Handover Nears

or the 21st

UK troops accused of mutilating Iraqi bodies

Four Marines killed in Iraqi city of Ramadi

Mujahedin Set the Rules in Fallujah

and the 22nd wasn't so hot

Al-Jazeera reports South Korean has been beheaded by his Iraqi militant kidnappers

The U.S. military has carried out an air strike against an alleged militant safe house in Al Fallujah

Iraqi guerrillas attacked a U.S. convoy in Ballad, killing two American soldiers and wounding another

nor was the 23rd

Militants threaten Iraq PM after beheading hostage

Foreign fighters increase presence in Iraq

Iraq force may grow by 25,000

And the 24th was a real capper.
The death toll rose to more than 75 and at least 200 people were wounded in insurgent attacks in several Iraqi cities June 24. The attackers used car bombs, rocket-propelled grenades, and weapons fire mostly against government and security infrastructure. At least 44 people were killed in Mosul and 22 died in Baquba, Ramadi and Al Fallujah. Four Iraqi national guardsmen were killed in a car-bomb attack in Baghdad. U.S. military officials said three American soldiers also died in the attacks and a Cobra helicopter was shot down over Al Fallujah. According to a statement posted on a jihadist Website, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's Monotheism and Jihad group claimed responsibility for the attacks in Baquba, scene of the fiercest attacks.
Maybe they should have commissioned a tracking poll...

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