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To: Dale Baker who wrote (8444)	3/16/2004 8:35:16 AM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 20773

Very tough issues - people value freedom, hate occupation, but acknowledge that their life is better. All good signs to an optimist. Iraq survey finds life's improved for most A nationwide survey in Iraq has revealed less than half of those polled feel the US-led invasion was right. But most of them believe their life has improved in the past year. The poll was sponsored by international broadcasters from the United States, Britain, Japan and Germany to mark the first anniversary of the invasion. The poll is based on 2,500 face-to-face interviews with Iraqis across the country. It suggests that only 39 per cent want US-led troops in their country but that nevertheless 70 per cent believed their lives were going well. Almost 60 per cent believed things were better now than before the war. More than three-quarters wanted Iraq to remain united and only 20 per cent supported an Islamic state. But the poll showed sharp differences between ethnic groups, with 21 per cent of Arab Iraqis saying that attacks on occupying troops were acceptable, while just 2 per cent of Kurds held the same opinion.