Iraqi Public Opinion Amidst Increasing Violence

On September 27, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution joined the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) to release new findings from a second in-depth poll of Iraqi public opinion undertaken by WorldPublicOpinion.org. The first public opinion poll was taken a month after Iraq’s historic parliamentary election, and the poll results will help illuminate Iraqi views about the impact of American troops in their country, legitimate prospects for success, and a realistic timetable for withdrawal.

Presenting the survey findings were Steven Kull, director of PIPA and editor of WorldPublicOpinion.org. Providing commentary on the findings was Kenneth Pollack, director of research, in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy; and Shibley Telhami, a nonresident senior fellow also in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy.