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To: Selectric II who wrote (507574)	12/10/2003 10:42:20 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

That poll is dated 10/28/2003.... Zogby gives much detail on how the poll was taken and it ... "Polling in Iraq is not easy for many reasons. People are scared, unused to free speech and often eager to give the answers they think you want to hear. Unable to conduct a U.S.-style telephone survey, we instead sent out dozens of door-to-door interviewers to talk to women in their households and men in public places. Bowing to custom, women interviewed women and men interviewed men. What would be a routine process in most countries was anything but in Iraq. Our teams of interviewers were caught in a crossfire in Ramadi during an attack on a military convoy. In Kirkuk, one of our supervisors was seized by Kurdish forces and was not released until several calls were made ? and a bounty paid ? to locals. Interviewers were detained several times in Basra, where they were also chased by an unidentified automobile. And checkpoints manned by armed soldiers were everywhere, making travel difficult. We conducted 600 interviews in four metropolitan areas that we determined would give us the right cross section of the population: Basra (mainly Shiite), Ramadi, (near Baghdad and mainly Sunni), Kirkuk (Kurd and Turkmen), and Mosul (Sunni and Christian). Our results date from late August, but we have no reason to believe opinions have changed substantially since then."

To: Selectric II who wrote (507574)	12/10/2003 10:45:00 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Main Entry: trai·tor Pronunciation: 'trA-t&r Function: noun Etymology: Middle English traitre, from Old French, from Latin traditor, from tradere to hand over, deliver, betray, from trans-, tra- trans- + dare to give -- more at DATE Date: 13th century 1 : one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty 2 : one who commits treason m-w.com

To: Selectric II who wrote (507574)	12/11/2003 2:25:41 AM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

It was released in October and further Zogby says: We conducted 600 interviews in four metropolitan areas that we determined would give us the right cross section of the population: Basra (mainly Shiite), Ramadi, (near Baghdad and mainly Sunni), Kirkuk (Kurd and Turkmen), and Mosul (Sunni and Christian). Our results date from late August, but we have no reason to believe opinions have changed substantially since then. As far as I know this is the latest poll regarding the Iraqi people. If you haven't seen it yet, then what's your beef? It's still valid no doubt, as the conditions in Iraq have further deteriorated. You're the crock. Orca