YES
# The ORB/Channel 4 News survey of 4,000 people suggested that seven out of 10 Iraqis want foreign forces to leave.
# Red Cross says that millions of Iraqis have little or no access to clean water, sanitation or healthcare and Iraq’s humanitarian situation is among the most critical in the world.
# The UN refugee agency believes more than two million Iraqis have fled to neighbouring countries to escape violence in Iraq.
NO
# One of the stated aims of the surge was to provide enough security to allow Iraqi politicians to hammer out a lasting political settlement.
# A BBC poll of 2000 people finds that the majority of Iraqis believe that security is improving and support for the Iraqi army remains high.
# Iraq seems to be holding together as a country while the BBC poll finds that that they are sceptical about political progress but fear the immediate withdrawal of US troops
