From Reuters

Forty-five per­cent of Iraqis believe attacks on U.S. and British troops are jus­ti­fied, accord­ing to a secret poll said to have been com­mis­sioned by British defense lead­ers and cited by The Sun­day Tele­graph.

Data from “The Tele­graph”

• 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.