Bombings in Iraq

This is comforting:

While a 3-pronged bombing attack occurred this morning at the journalist-thick Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, killing 11 bystanders, Raw Story and others cover a secret British Military survey which shows that Iraqis are not in favor of the occupation, have no faith in it, and actually support the attacks in many cases. Originally published in the Sunday Telegraph, the numbers show a staggering disdain for the powers of "liberation:"

• Forty-five per cent of Iraqis believe attacks against British and American troops are justified - rising to 65 per cent in the British-controlled Maysan province;

• 82 per cent are "strongly opposed" to the presence of coalition troops;

• less than one per cent of the population believes coalition forces are responsible for any improvement in security;

• 67 per cent of Iraqis feel less secure because of the occupation;

• 43 per cent of Iraqis believe conditions for peace and stability have worsened;

• 72 per cent do not have confidence in the multi-national forces.