Overwhelming Number Of Iraqis Support Constitution
Overwhelming Number Of Iraqis Support Constitution
The Washington Times (Quinn, 10/05/05) reports that, despite what the main stream media would have you believe, Recent polling shows widespread support for a new Iraqi constitution to be voted on Oct. 15, even in strongholds of Sunni Arab groups that are fighting to derail the charter [T]he polling by the Iraqi Center for Development and International Dialogue -- a nonprofit organization funded partially by the United Nations -- indicated that the referendum was headed for passage...[and that,] of 3,625 Iraqis, conducted Sept. 14 to 19, showed 79 percent in favor of the draft constitution and 8 percent opposed. The remainder did not respond. Equally encouraging was the respondents belief in the effect the constitution will have. A high percentage of respondents said they intended to vote and that the level of violence likely would be reduced after the referendum. Most encouraging, arguably, is that [S]upport for the constitution...topped 50 percent even in central provinces known as the heartland of Sunni unrest -- a sign, [ says Mehdi Hafedh, director of the Iraqi Center for Development and International Dialogue], that the Sunni-Shi'ite split is not as wide as many fear. Let me know where you read about this in the New York Times.