By Barry Schweid
The Associated Press
Posted September 28 2006

WASHINGTON · About six in 10 Iraqis say they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, and slightly more than that want their government to ask U.S. troops to leave within a year, a poll finds.

The Iraqis also have negative views of Osama bin Laden, according to the poll of 1,150 Iraqi adults in early September.

The poll, done for University of Maryland’s Program on International Policy Attitudes, found:

>Almost four in five Iraqis say the U.S. military force in Iraq provokes more violence than it prevents.

>About 61 percent approved of the attacks, up from 47 percent in January. A solid majority of Shiite and Sunni Arabs approved of the attacks, according to the poll. The increase came mostly among Shiite Iraqis.

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