18% of Iraqis Have confidence in US and Coalition Troops

18% of Iraqis have confidence in US and coalition troops.

67% feel that reconstruction efforts in Iraq have not been effective. Source

   Of the 2,000 people polled in all 18 Iraqi provinces, only 26% said that they felt safe in their own neighborhoods.

    40% thought that the situation ( generally ) will improve. 39% believed that their lives are going well and 35% think that their lives will improve over the next year.

   78% of Iraqis oppose the presence of coalition forces and 69% said the coalition forces worsen the security situation in Iraq.

   88% said that the availability of electricity was either " quite bad " or " very bad ".   Source

   About 69 per cent gave similar responses for the availability of clean water, and 88 per cent said so for the availability of driving or cooking fuel.

D3 Systems questioned more than 2,000 people across all 18 Iraqi provinces between February 25 and March 5 for the survey, which was published on Monday.

A survey conducted for the BBC in November 2005 had painted a much brighter picture, with 71 per cent saying their lives were going well, 64 per cent saying their lives would be better in 12 months, and 69 per cent saying the situation in the country would be improved in a year.

The increased pessimism was reflected in a 14 per cent drop in support for democracy, with eight percentage point rises in support for both a strong leader and for an Islamic state.

    The poll was commissioned by the BBC and ABC News.

 

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