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2003-09-24 Iraq

Poll: Baghdad Residents Glad Saddam Gone

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Posted by Steve White 2003-09-24 12:42:03 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Six in 10 said they have a favorable view of the new Iraqi Governing Council, but most see its priorities as set by coalition authorities.

It has to be set by coalition authorities. The Iraqi population has been living for the last thirty years under totalitarian rule! How in heaven's name are they going to run their own show if they have no prior experience doing so?

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-24 2:27:05 AM|| 2003-9-24 2:27:05 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Instant heartburn! You know this is just making a hash out of the Al Guardian (BBC, et al) Editorial Agendas...

Those Waqi Iwaqisâ¢!

Posted by .com 2003-9-24 2:37:03 AM|| 2003-9-24 2:37:03 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Anyone notice that you can't hardly tell the difference between the rantings of a Saddam tape played on al-jazzera and a Howard Dean press conference?

Posted by Frank Martin 2003-9-24 3:26:15 AM|| 2003-9-24 3:26:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Notice that this is in Baghdad: any dictator worth his salt knows it is a good idea to keep
the capital more or less happy. It is also the
place where are the high ranking govermentr employees, the ~~dishonest contractors~~ people sucking on the regime and the courtesans.
Except for Tikrit you can bet Baghdad is the area where you can find the higher density of people who benefitted from the former regime.

Posted by JFM 2003-9-24 6:19:32 AM|| 2003-9-24 6:19:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 JFM makes some good points. In the summer of 02, electricity generated outside Bagdad was sent to Bagdad leaving the rest of the country in rolling brown outs and black outs. In the summer of 03, the electricity was balanced so Bagdad received a smaller percentage of the production.

Posted by mhw 2003-9-24 7:58:43 AM|| 2003-9-24 7:58:43 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 This morning on the radio, I heard an interview with the pollsters. They reported that they selected over 1,000 homes randomly using aerial photographs of Baghdad, and that once they (well, the translators) started asking questions, the Iraqis wanted to talk for hours. The Iraqis kept saying..."Do you have any more questions we can answer? We have much to say". Overall, a very positive interaction, IMO.

Posted by Seafarious 2003-9-24 1:44:20 PM|| 2003-9-24 1:44:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Saw a CNN interview this morning. The only part of the survey the interviewer mentioned was that Iraqis think the country is worse off now than before the war. Conveniently left out the fact that the Iraqis are optimistic that the country will soon be better off than it was before the war.

Posted by Sludj 2003-9-24 2:06:35 PM|| 2003-9-24 2:06:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 People in Iraq have figured out what the media canât grasp.

I think they privately grasp it. They just don't report it. Why?

Well, do you see any Baathists bombing their hotels? Nope. Why? Because the journos don't say anything that might upset them. Just like they never said anything that would upset them when Saddam was in office. (Refer back to Eason Jordan's admission of suppressing news negative toward the Saddamites.)

As for those who think the country is worse off than before the war, I'm imagining most of those were on Saddam's gravy train.

Posted by eLarson 2003-9-24 3:26:45 PM|| 2003-9-24 3:26:45 PM|| Front Page Top

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