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The Iraq war has acted as a "recruiting sergeant" for extremists in the Muslim world, according to a paper prepared for a Ministry of Defence thinktank, which also said the British government sent troops into Afghanistan "with its eyes closed".

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15148.htm

Fewer adults in the United States believe their government’s handling of the coalition effort has been adequate, according to a poll by Harris Interactive. Only 20 per cent of respondents are confident that U.S. policies in Iraq will be successful, down nine points in two years.

https://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13306


From Information Clearing House

A $75 million project to build the largest police academy in Iraq has been so grossly mismanaged that the campus now poses health risks to recruits and might need to be partially demolished, US investigators have found.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092806Z.shtml

Poll

Greensboro News-Record

09/27/06

About six in 10 Iraqis say they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, and slightly more than that want their government to ask U.S. troops to leave within a year, according to a poll in that country. The Iraqis also have negative views of Osama bin Laden, according to the early September poll of 1,150...

https://tinyurl.com/zfmf9


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

A strong majority of Iraqis want US-led military forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence, according to new polls by the State Department and independent researchers.

https://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092706S.shtml

The Scholars said that in making the comments during a visit to the US Talabani had done "nothing more than express an American demand to keep Washington from having to do it".

https://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=17616


From Information Clearing House

George Bush received a serious rebuke about his wartime leadership this week when his army chief said he did not have enough money to fight the war in Iraq.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianweekly/story/0,,1882208,00.html


From Information Clearing House

Polls Show

By Amit R. Paley

A strong majority of Iraqis want U.S.-led occupation forces to immediately withdraw from the country, saying their swift departure would make Iraq more secure and decrease sectarian violence, according to new polls by the State Department and independent researchers.

https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15126.htm

https://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5135/


Informant: jensenmk

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