66% of Britons do not want more troops in Iraq

Two in three Britons are opposed to sending troops as reinforcements of some 7 900 troops currently deployed in Iraq by London, according to a poll published Tuesday in The Guardian.

According to the survey, they are 84% believed that if reinforcements were being sent to Iraq - as the intention is given to Prime Minister Tony Blair - they should be used only under British command and in areas controlled by the British.

The survey was conducted by the ICM group with a sample of 1 002 adults between Friday and Sunday.

Speculation is rife in Britain on the possible dispatch of about 3 000 soldiers as reinforcements to Iraq in view of the transfer of political power to Iraqis by the coalition June 30

The British Minister of Defense Geoff Hoon should address the issue Tuesday during a meeting in London with his counterpart from the Council of the Iraqi transitional government, Ali Alaoui.

According to the Guardian poll, 35% of British voters want the withdrawal of Iraqi troops occupying U.S. and UK, up eight points from a similar survey conducted last month.

Among the respondents, 43% believe the war against Iraq was “unfair”, five points less than in a similar survey conducted last month, and 44% consider it “justified” or a up three points from the April survey.

Within the Labor Party of Mr. Blair, support for his Iraq policy was up five points to 58%, while opponents of the war fell by five points to 31%, the poll for The Guardian.

(Xinhua)

66%的英国人不希望伊拉克增兵

三分之二的英国人反对派遣,作为目前在伊拉克部署伦敦约7 900人增援的部队,据发表在周二卫报的民意调查。

据调查,他们有84%的人认为,如果增援部队被派往伊拉克-作为其用意是给英国首相布莱尔-他们应该只在英国指挥和控制的地区使用由英国。

这项调查是由ICM的组为1 002至周五和周日成人样。

普遍猜测在约3 000如同在政治权力移交给伊拉克人认为增援伊拉克的士兵在英国可能派遣由该联盟6月30日

的英国国防大臣杰夫胡恩处理这个问题应该在1日在伦敦与他从伊拉克过渡政府外长理事会会议上,阿里阿拉维。

据卫报民调显示,35%的英国选民希望从上月的一项类似调查伊拉克占领美国和英国部队撤出了8个百分点。
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,43%的人认为对伊拉克的战争是“不公平”,五点不到类似上个月进行的调查,44%认为是“合理”或3点,从4月份的调查。

是在布莱尔先生,他的伊拉克政策的支持工党上升了5个百分点至58%,而反对战争的五点下降至31%,对卫报调查。

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