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The poll of nearly 2,200 people across most of Iraq found a resilient citizenry modestly hopeful that the Jan. 30 elections will improve life. Iraqis said pocketbook issues such as unemployment and health care are more pressing than the bloody insurgency that claims Iraqi and U.S. lives virtually every day.

Welcome to The Truth About Iraq.org! The more than forty countries that comprise the Coalition Forces have done a great service to the Iraqi people, the American people and the world by deposing one of the most brutal and prolific killers in history. Our goal is to help the American people better understand the situation in Iraq through sources other than the mainstream media - public opinion research, statistical analysis and personal accounts.

April 5— Shiite Arabs in Iraq express relatively little support for attacks against coalition forces such as those that occurred Sunday. And while most do express confidence in religious leaders and call for them to play a role in Iraq today, most do not seek a theocracy, and very few see Iran as a model for Iraq. A nationwide poll of Iraqis conducted in February for ABCNEWS also found that very few Shiites express support for Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose militia mounted the deadly attacks against the U.S.-led occupation. Nine coalition troops, including eight Americans, and more than 50...

Publication Date: September 10, 2003 America, some say, is hobbled in its policies toward Iraq by not knowing much about what Iraqis really think. Are they on the side of radical Islamists? What kind of government would they like? What is their attitude toward the U.S.? Do the Shiites hate us? Could Iraq become another Iran under the ayatollahs? Are the people in the Sunni triangle the real problem?Up to now we've only been able to guess. We've relied on anecdotal temperature-takings of the Iraqi public, and have been at the mercy of images presented to us by the...

Real (Good) News From Iraq(also published in the Wall Street Journal 9/10/03) Since we became responsible for setting a new course in Iraq after removing Saddam Hussein in April (and, actually, even before then), America has been hobbled in setting its policies toward Iraq by not knowing much about what everyday Iraqis really think. Are they on the side of the radical Islamists? What kind of government would they like for themselves? What is their attitude toward the U.S.? Do the Shiites hate us or love us? Could Iraq become another Iran under the ayatollahs? Are the people in the...

(CNSNews.com) - A public opinion survey of Iraqis said to be the first of its kind shows that more than two-thirds of respondents think their country will be in better shape five years from now. The survey by Zogby International, which included 600 adults in four Iraqi cities, showed that 31.7 percent of respondents think the country will be "much better" in five years, with another 38 percent saying Iraq will be "somewhat better." Among those surveyed were Arabs, Kurds, Turkaman and Assyrians living in different parts of the country, including Basra, Karkouk, Mousel and Al Ramadi, according to...