(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The proportion of people in Iraq who believe things are going well in their country has significantly increased, according to a poll by D3 Systems and KA Research Ltd. released by ABC, BBC and NHK. 58 per cent of respondents say the status quo is good, up 15 points since February 2008.
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – The proportion of people in Iraq who believe things are going well in their country has significantly increased, according to a poll by D3 Systems and KA Research Ltd. released by ABC, BBC and NHK. 58 per cent of respondents say the status quo is good, up 15 points since February 2008.
The United States-led coalition effort against Saddam Hussein’s regime was launched in March 2003. At least 4,580 coalition soldiers have died during the military operation.
There has been no official inquiry into the actual number of Iraqi casualties. A volunteer group of British and United States academics and researchers known as Iraq Body Count (IBC) estimates that more than 91,300 Iraqi civilians have been killed during the war.
In December 2005, Iraqi voters renewed their National Assembly. In May 2006, Shiite United Iraqi Alliance member Nouri al-Maliki officially took over as prime minister.
In November 2008, Iraq’s National Assembly ratified the Status of Forces Agreement with the United States. The document establishes that coalition combat forces will withdraw from Iraqi cities by Jun. 30, 2009, and will be completely out of Iraq by Dec. 31, 2011. The agreement can be revised if the Iraqi prime minister believes Iraq is not stable enough.
On Feb. 27, U.S. president Barack Obama announced his intention to end the combat mission in Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010.
On Mar. 27, as he met with Ali Larijani, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, al-Maliki invited Iranian investors to consider Iraq as an option, saying, "We call on Iranian enterprises to come and work and invest in Iraq and to contribute to the construction process in the country, as we have already asked international businesses to do."
Polling Data
Thinking about how things are going for Iraq as a whole, how would you say things are going in our country overall these days?
|
|
Feb. 2009 |
Feb. 2008 |
Aug. 2007 |
|
Good |
58% |
43% |
22% |
|
Bad |
41% |
55% |
78% |
|
No opinion |
2% |
1% |
– |
Source: D3 Systems / KA Research Ltd. / ABC / BBC / NHK
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews to 2,228 Iraqi adults, conducted from Feb. 17 to Feb. 25, 2009. Margin of error is 2.5 per cent.
