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IRAQ
COMMISSION
The Foreign Policy Centre (a think tank launched
by Tony Blair) and Channel 4 have initiated a cross-party 'Iraq
Commission' – which hopes to be the British equivalent
of the US Iraq Study Group.
The Iraq Commission, jointly chaired by three
Lords - Paddy Ashdown (Lib Dem), Margaret Jay (Labour) and Tim
King (Conservative) - is examining possible options for Britain's
future role in Iraq. (It is forbidden to consider the legality
of the invasion and occupation.)
JNV made a submission Iraq
- Total Withdrawal and the UN Option - based largely on our
analysis of Iraqi opinion polls, arguing for total US/UK withdrawal
and a UN replacement force for Iraq.
The Commission itself commissioned an opinion
poll which showed distinct differences in opinion between men
and women and across the political parties (in unexpected ways).
(YouGov,
2272 adults, 5-7 June 2007):
Question: Which of these policies do you
favour most?
| |
Total |
Gender |
Social
grade |
Party
ID |
| |
M |
F |
ABC1 |
C2DE |
Lab |
Con |
LD |
| Britain should keep troops in Iraq as long as is necessary
to help Iraq build a peaceful democracy |
15 |
21 |
10 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
15 |
14 |
| Britain should set a time limit within the next 12-18 months
for withdrawing all its troops from Iraq |
40 |
40 |
40 |
41 |
38 |
45 |
39 |
42 |
| Britain should withdraw all its troops from Iraq as soon
as possible, and certainly within the next six months |
37 |
33 |
42 |
37 |
38 |
30 |
41 |
36 |
| Don't know |
7 |
6 |
9 |
7 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
Some other submissions:
YouGov poll for the Commission (pdf)
Iraq
Occupation Focus
Britain in Iraq:
Neither Partner Nor Poodle But Failed Protagonist (pdf)
by Glen Rangwala and Eric Herring (authors of Iraq
in Fragments: The Occupation And Its Legacy)
The Iraqi oil sector,
privatisation and the UK’s role (pdf)
by Platform
Iraq’s Lost
Generation: Impact and Implications (pdf)
by Ismail Jalili (National Association of British Arabs)
The Value of the
Iraq War to the Al-Qaida Movement (pdf)
by Paul Rogers (Oxford Research Group)
A Pathway to Legitimacy
(pdf)
by Paul Hilder (Oxford Research Group)
A Way Forward for
the UK in Iraq (pdf)
by Chris Abbott (Oxford Research Group)
The Causes of US
Failure in Iraq (pdf)
by Toby Dodge
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