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| Poll: Iraqi Shiites do not support Sadr’s offensive |
| 2004-04-06 |
| By Gary Langer, ABC News. Hat tip: Brothers Judd; EFL. April 5— Shiite Arabs in Iraq express relatively little support for attacks against coalition forces such as those that occurred Sunday. And while most do express confidence in religious leaders and call for them to play a role in Iraq today, most do not seek a theocracy, and very few see Iran as a model for Iraq. These people are smarter than the Left gives them credit for. A nationwide poll of Iraqis conducted in February for ABCNEWS also found that very few Shiites express support for Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose militia mounted the deadly attacks against the U.S.-led occupation. and are now in the process of getting thumped. Nine coalition troops, including eight Americans, and more than 50 Iraqis were killed in the clashes. The Angry Left (Kos, Atrios, Hesiod, DU, Ted Kennedy, etc.) were crowing loudly in recent days about Sadr leading the "general uprising" ("Intafada") against the "occupation." Shows what they know. Even in places like Falluja, there are more friendlies than hostiles. We need to keep that in mind. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #4 cool, now someone show that poll to Sadr City residents. I'm sure that will make them stop shooting. Who conducted this poll. IM SURE THE unemployed masses and widows on the streets were called in the polling. Im sure they all have phones. |
| Posted by: john 2004-04-06 4:43:47 PM |
| #3 Will somebody stick a martini glass in Teddy's yap??? Bush's Vietnam. He has more confirmed kills that a lot SEALs I know. |
| Posted by: anymouse 2004-04-06 2:04:50 PM |
| #2 To paraphrase Warren Zevon: "In Paris, France, in Lebanon, in Palestine and Berkley, . . ." you may be right |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-04-06 1:45:51 PM |
| #1 But what about, say, Berkeley? Can we safely say there are more hostiles than friendlies there? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-04-06 1:25:27 PM |