I don't really get this poll either, if indeed the reporting on it is accurate.
Has the British MoD released or acknowledged this poll?
I still haven't seen anything firm on the polling parameters.
More via the Wash Times ...
The findings differ markedly from a survey carried out by the British Broadcasting Corp. in March 2004, in which the overwhelming consensus among the 2,500 Iraqis questioned was that life was good and more of them supported rather than opposed the war.
The Sunday Telegraph published the results one day after the resignation of the British commanding officer in the Basra region was made public.
Lt. Col. Nick Henderson resigned from the British army after voicing concerns over a lack of armored vehicles for his men.
The secret poll appears to contradict claims made by Gen. Mike Jackson, chief of the general staff, who only days ago congratulated British soldiers for "supporting the Iraqi people in building a new and better Iraq."
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20051023-112228-5108r.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1506870/posts
Iraqi Factions Want U.S. Forces to Remain, Levin (D) Says
LAT ^ | Oct. 21, 2005 | Tyler Marshall
Posted on 10/21/2005 4:34:37 PM CDT by FairOpinion
Carl Levin, a leading congressional Democrat, said today that the United States' continued military presence in Iraq should be linked to greater political unity among the country's deeply divided Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish factions.
The Michigan senator, who is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee and a frequent visitor to Iraq, said that one of the few points all three main Iraqi ethnic and sectarian groups agree on is that each wants American forces to remain. The administration should use that reality as leverage to force political compromise, Levin said.
IMHO it is all down to interpretation and also I suspect the Telepgraph is using it as an attack on Blair.