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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><SPAN class=standard><STRONG>From <EM>The
Week</EM>, 10/13/2006</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=standard><STRONG>Baghdad</STRONG><BR></SPAN><SPAN class=title
style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"><STRONG>Iraqis support
insurgency</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3><SPAN class=title
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size=3>Three out of five Iraqis approve of attacks on U.S. forces, according to
a new poll by the University of Maryland. Support for attacks on coalition
forces has jumped sharply, the poll found, from 47 percent in January to 71
percent at the beginning of October. The increase in anti-American sentiment is
almost entirely on the Shiite side; Sunnis were already overwhelmingly
supportive of the insurgency. <FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG>The poll also found
that 80 percent of Iraqis believe the U.S. troop presence provokes more violence
than it prevents. The State Department, which also recently conducted a poll of
Iraqis, found that two-thirds felt they would be safer if U.S. forces left
immediately,</STRONG></FONT> <EM>The Washington Post</EM> reported. Department
spokesman Sean McCormack would not comment, except to<STRONG><FONT
color=#ff0000> say that “anecdotal evidence” suggests Iraqis “appreciate our
presence there.” </FONT></STRONG></FONT><BR><IMG height=10 alt="" hspace=0
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