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Via Chenkoff, some some survey results from Iraq:

As more Iraqis express confidence in their country's government, more help is needed from the international community to keep Iraq's progress on track, the general director of Iraq's National Security Agency said here today.

Samir al-Saboon addressed representatives of 68 nations gathered here for a multilateral military planners conference.

Recent polling data shows that fully two-thirds of Iraqis believe their country is headed in the right direction, Saboon said. While a poll in January showed only 11 percent of Sunni Muslims in Iraq shared that view, that percentage has since grown to 40, he said.

Though Sunnis largely didn't participate in the Transitional National Assembly election Jan. 30, that outlook has changed as well in anticipation of coming elections. Saboon, who is a Sunni, said 92 percent of eligible voters throughout Iraq and 80 percent of the country's Sunnis are likely to vote in the next election.

Read both articles - on the survey as well as Chrenkoff's long list of good news.

Posted by Mitch at June 13, 2005 04:59 AM | TrackBack