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Tuesday, April 19, 2005

News from Iraq that the MSM didn't make up

Arthur Chrenkoff has done it again. This time, the MSM has kept this information from us. There was another poll taken in Iraq. Do you realize that over 80% of Iraqis do not want our troops to leave? You would never know this by watching the news.

As my wife told me when she heard the coverage on CNN: 'Haider you are going to get mad when you hear this', and I am still mad. Forgive me for rehashing this point. I feel it really needs pointing out. Iraqis are grateful for what we did and continue to be grateful for us being there."
"Do you support the pull out of foreign troops?"
At once - 12.56%"
According to a future timetable - 81.80%"
Do not know - 5.64%"

Has the security situation improved since the start of the new government?
"Yes - 55%"
"No - 35%"
"No change - 10%"
Arthur continues with a conversation he had from an Iraqi who is ON THE GROUND in Iraq.
My father said the Iraqi media reported the number like this 'about 200,000 demonstrators of which 8,000-10,000 were Al-Sadr & Sunni supporters' (strange bed fellows). He also said that when he listened to the Iraqi elected officials (on live T.V.) in the assembly, that every one (every one including those Sunnis initially opposed to the elections), every man and woman assembly member, reiterated the importance of foreign and specifically U.S. troops staying in Iraq till Iraq is ready to take over its own security. Most of them expressed their thanks for the troops being there and freeing Iraqis from Saddam. This I did not read, hear or see in any U.S. mainstream media outlet.
Haider is the man who took the poll and talked to his father.
As my wife told me when she heard the coverage on CNN: 'Haider you are going to get mad when you hear this', and I am still mad. Forgive me for rehashing this point. I feel it really needs pointing out. Iraqis are grateful for what we did and continue to be grateful for us being there."
As Arthur has requested, I am passing on this information to you. If you would like to read the whole article, just click on the title. Thank, and have a great day.