Poll: Confidence in Iraq's Future Slips
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Some of President Bush's bedrock supporters &#151; Southerners and rural residents &#151; have lost confidence in the likelihood of a stable, democratic Iraq.
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American military commanders now seriously doubt that Iraqi security forces will be able to hold the ground that U.S. troops are fighting to clear &#151; gloomy predictions that strike at the heart of Washington's key strategy to turn the tide in Iraq.
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A recent decline in U.S. news  coverage from Iraq coincides with improved public opinion about  the war just as the 2008 presidential campaign heads to an  early showdown, a study released on Wednesday said.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 10 -- Seven out of 10 Iraqis believe the U.S. troop buildup in Baghdad and Anbar province has made security worse in those areas, and nearly as many say their own lives are going badly, according to a new poll conducted by ABC News, the British Broadcasting Corp., and the Japanese...
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More than half of Americans, 54 percent, continue to believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or a program to develop them before the United States invaded last year, according to a poll released Friday.
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The Iraq war, once the key issue in the presidential election, is taking a back seat to the economy as voters fret over a possible recession and consider the improving security situation in Baghdad.
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A year after approval of President Bush's handling of the war in Iraq dipped to an all-time low, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds discontent toward the war easing slightly, with Republicans and independents significantly more positive about the situation than they were 12 months ago.
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Public support for the war in Iraq has fallen to a new low and Republican support is beginning to waver, a poll published Tuesday found. In the latest CNN-Opinion Research Corporation poll, 69 percent of those polled believe things are going badly in Iraq, and anti-war sentiment among Republican poll respondents has suddenly increased.
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Despite the presumed political damage suffered by Prime Minister Tony Blair over Iraq, voters are largely unconcerned at events in the country.
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News reports on Iraq paint a picture of a country trapped in a cycle of violence and destruction. The sceptics and nay-sayers don&#39;t believe Iraqis are ready for democracy.
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Iraq is a nation gripped by fear and struggling to meet security and political goals by September, U.S. officials said Thursday from Baghdad, dashing hopes in Congress that the country might turn a corner this summer. One general said not to expect a solid judgment on the U.S. troop buildup until November.
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Support for Japanese Prime Minister  Junichiro Koizumi and his cabinet slid sharply to 37 percent in  a poll taken after his decision to extend the mandate of  Japanese troops serving in Iraq, a national daily said on  Sunday.
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Broad public backing for keeping  Danish troops in Iraq has waned and a majority of Danes now  think the government was wrong to support the U.S.-led war,  according to a new poll just 12 days before Danish elections.
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Analysis: There's little reality behind many of the reassuring claims made by both men, though Iraqis will take comfort from their agreement that partition is out of the question
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Americans' confidence that a stable, democratic government can be established in Iraq has eroded since last spring, according to an Associated Press poll taken amid continuing violence ahead of next month's election.
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Overwhelming numbers of Iraqis say the U.S. troop buildup has worsened security and the prospects for economic and political progress in their country, according to a poll released Monday that provides a strikingly bleak appraisal of the war.
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Seventy-one percent of Iraqis responding to a new survey favor a commitment by U.S.-led forces in Iraq to withdraw in a year.