Iraqis see US as occupiers: poll.

20/05/2004. ABC News Online

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Iraqis see US as occupiers: poll
Opinion poll results to be released next week show nearly nine out of 10 Iraqis see US forces as occupiers rather than liberators or peacekeepers, the British newspaper The Financial Times has reported.

It quoted the Iraq Centre for Research and Strategic Studies as saying more than half of 1,600 Iraqis polled wanted the US-led coalition troops to leave Iraq, compared to results of about 20 per cent in an October survey.

The poll was conducted before photos showing abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US troops were made public.

The newspaper said the centre was considered reliable enough by US officials that they had submitted questions to be used in the poll.

"Iraqis always contrast American actions with American promises and there's now a wide gap in credibility," the newspaper quoted the head of the centre, Saadoun Duleimi, as saying.

--Reuters
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