Few Iraqis trust U.S. forces four years on

By Claudia Parsons
2 hours, 34 minutes ago

Four in five Iraqis have little or no confidence in U.S.-led forces and most think their presence is making security worse, but despite that only about a third want them to leave now, a poll showed on Monday.

Four years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, insurgents kept up the pressure with bomb attacks in Kirkuk and Baghdad on Monday.

With Iraq bogged down in sectarian violence that threatens to tip the country into civil war, President Bush announced a strategy shift this year and is sending some 26,000 reinforcements for a security crackdown focused on Baghdad.