In a Poll, Baghdad Residents Call Freedom Worth the Price

NYTIMES ^ | AGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 23 | PATRICK E. TYLER

[astounded]

I am astounded that the NYT published this information. It's a great sign that needs to be aired.

[Diogenesis]

In Tikrit, the 4th Infantry Division on a joint raid with the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps.
The teams work together as American "media" supports the terrorists (as has been their quisling way).

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Couric, representing NBC:
"We (at NBC) all hope and pray that Saddam escaped harm, and hopefully fled to Syria."

[MEG33]

On Fox right now a recently returned reporter says He could stay in his hotel room and report one soldier killed off his laptop or go see what the other 4+ million Iraqis are doing.

He says the reporters are not doing a good job at reporting the normal,relieved Iraqis getting on with their lives,happy to be rid of Saddam(Steve Harrigan)This is not to lessen the importance of any loss of life but we need to hear the good stories,too.

[avg_freeper]

Chirac's rating was 42 percent favorable to Bush's 29 percent and Blair's 20 percent.

There's nothing like profiting off the plundering and decimation of a nation to make people really love you, I guess. I have a feeling that the Ivory Coast would have a different rating of the French though.

[dennisw]

Sun Sep 21,11:15 AM ET

American soldier Clp. Gene Canon of Tampa Bay Florida, mans a 50 caliber machine gun as security for a fuel tanker convoy on the road from Tikrit to Sommara in Iraq (news - web sites), Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003. With an ongoing threat of highway bandits and carjacking the U.S. military supplies security for civilian transport convoys through out Iraq.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Wed Sep 24, 9:01 PM ET

Two American soldier from the 4th Infantry division stands guard over a suspected Saddam loyalist during an early morning raid in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Sept. 25, 2003. The raid was conducted after intelligence was gathered with one suspect being held for questioning. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Wed Sep 24, 9:01 PM ET

Two American soldier from the 4th Infantry division stands guard over a suspected Saddam loyalist during an early morning raid in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Thursday, Sept. 25, 2003. The raid was conducted after intelligence was gathered with one suspect being held for questioning..(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

 

Wed Sep 24,10:17 AM ET

Actor Bruce Willis (news), center, wearing a pressurized flight used by U.S. Air Force U-2 pilots who fly the high-altitude spy aircraft, poses with Air Force personnel Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003 at an undisclosed airbase, supporting U.S. efforts in Iraq (news - web sites). Willis is touring on a United Service Organizations (USO) with his band, 'The Accelerators,' to entertain American military in the region. (AP Photo/Mike Theiler, USO)

 

Wed Sep 24, 5:49 AM ET

American Soldiers of the 4th Infantry division and the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps during an early morning raid on a village outside Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2003. The raid was conducted after intelligence was gathered with a cache of weapons being found buried in an orchard close to houses that were targeted for the operation.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

[samtheman]

Only eight percent of those queried said they believed their lives would be worse off as a result of the military campaign to remove Saddam and his Baath Party leadership.

[samtheman]

Great pics.

[Coop]

I am astounded that the NYT published this information.

I'm not. On the way in to work today I spotted several pigs flying in formation.

And Uday and Qusay called me this morning to say how the temperature had dropped considerably, and they were now building a snowman.

[Coop]

Note the source. [clutching chest]

[Coop]

Despite the systemic collapse of government and civic institutions...which occurred from neglect during decades of Hussein tyranny.

There. That's better.

[dennisw]

Great pics........

Of our men at work. Our fighting men in Iraq rounding up the bad guys and getting Iraq up and running. Thanks.

[Arkie2]

Were those pigs A-10 Warthogs? ;^)

[Coop]

nearly two-thirds of Baghdad residents

Can you imagine what the numbers would be if Gallup bothered to poll the rest of Iraq? It boggles the mind.

[Coop]

Were those pigs A-10 Warthogs? ;^)

Hey, I happen to be rather fond of those flying battleships. :-)

[Arkie2]

Me too. Too bad the Air Force in its infinite wisdom has decided to ground the A-10 fleet. The Army is very unhappy with that decision.

[Conservomax]

Hmm, I wonder if that 8% stat will be aired along with the nightly 'chaos' reports.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Lol! I don't buy the Chirac popularity. The Iraqis know who Saddam's accomplices were and who kept us from going in earlier to liberate their country. They are not fond of the UN.

A more scientifically sound poll, imho:

8 What Iraqis Really Think  [Important. First serious int'l survey of the Iraqi people] ~ Wall Street Journal via Frontpagemag.com  | 9/10/03 | Karl Zinsmeister 

[tbpiper]

Too bad the Air Force in its infinite wisdom has decided to ground the A-10 fleet. The Army is very unhappy with that decision

Guess the 'Hogs' weren't sexy enough for the Air Force. Let the Army have them. They'd fit right in with the helicopters, Ugly & Deadly.

[Arrowhead1952]

Did you have to post a pic of that b***# this morning? Bet she abhors these reports.