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• Security in Basra (ORB poll) (Dec 2007)
  
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  Keywords: Basra Opinion polls

  Poll of 922 adults in Basra in early December 2007, shortly before the planned transfer of security responsibility to Iraqis. This found that:

  • 78% will feel safer once the British have left
  • 53% feel there will be less violence after the departure, with 38% unsure
  • Iran is seen as a continuing influence, and threat to security
  • 68% have an unfavourable view of the people of the UK

  See also: More detailed data, and media coverage from AFP, and the Independent