Iraqi Public Opinion

Iraq isn’t a country; it is three countries: a Kurdish north, a Sunni center, and a Shiite south. These people all hate each other and would like nothing more than a civil war so that they can all kill each other. The only thing that is stopping them right now is the fact that 95% hate Americans, maybe 10% enough to try to kill Americans personally. - Unnamed

Virtually without exception (98% “agree,” 1% “disagree”), Baghdadis agree that the new constitution should guarantee all Iraqis the right “to express their opinion on the political, social, and economic issues of the day.” No demographic group appears to view freedom of speech as anything other than the most basic of civil rights. To a large extent this freedom is already realized, even in the absence of a formal constitutional guarantee. Seventy-five percent of Baghdad’s residents told Gallup they now feel freer to express their political views in public than they did before the invasion that ousted Hussein’s regime. Similarly, the vast majority of Baghdad’s residents — nearly 9 in 10 (86%) — agree that the country’s next constitution should include a provision “allowing all Iraqi citizens to observe any religion of their choice and to practice its teachings and beliefs. - Unnamed

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