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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44563)	9/10/2003 2:33:48 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Why don't they hate us? Get over to OpinionJournal right away. There's an intial report on a Zogby-consultation "first scientific poll of the Iraqi public" conducted in Basra, Mosul, Kirkuk, and Ramadi. Guess what? Even though there's lots of diversity of opinion, they don't hate us after all: Asked to name one country they would most like Iraq to model its new government on from five possibilities--neighboring, Baathist Syria; neighbor and Islamic monarchy Saudi Arabia; neighbor and Islamist republic Iran; Arab lodestar Egypt; or the U.S.--the most popular model by far was the U.S. The U.S. was preferred as a model by 37% of Iraqis selecting from those five--more than Syria, Iran and Egypt put together. Saudi Arabia was in second place at 28%...Our interviewers inquired whether Iraq should have an Islamic government, or instead let all people practice their own religion. Only 33% want an Islamic government; a solid 60% say no. Okay, so many US politicians are out of touch with the true opinions of (a) the Iraqi public and (b) the American public: According to yesterday's ABC poll, the public supports U.S. military presence in Iraq by 67 percent to 30 percent. Sixty-eight percent support the troops and the Bush administration policy on Iraq. Only 29 percent support the troops but oppose Bush policy. By 52 percent to 45 percent the public believes that the U.S. is doing a "good" or "excellent" job restoring order. And by an impressive 65 percent to 31 percent, Americans believe that the Iraq war is part of the war on terrorism. Link posted by Steve Antler : 10:11 AM

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44563)	9/10/2003 4:46:26 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Hi IQBAL LATIF; Somewhat ironic that Israel would be telling India how to manage a terrorism problem. Sharon just had to leave India early because of their terrorism problem. A better teacher would be some country that once had a terrorism problem and then solved it. Maybe England, which used to have big IRA problems, but has largely eliminated them. Of course they did this by negotiating with the population that supported the terrorists, which is a solution that neither India nor Israel want to hear. -- Carl