What Iraqis Really Think

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The information in Iraq Index, although predominantly from the U.S. government, also gathers information from other sources. And the Brookings Institute clearly identifies where its sources are from.
http://www.brookings.edu/saban/~/med...ex20071221.pdf

NOTE ON THE METHODOLOGY OF THE IRAQ INDEX:
Although the footnotes to the Iraq Index document our sources in detail, it is worth noting here a few broad points.
The majority of our information comes from the U.S. Government, though we must often analyze it and process it
further to show trends over the full period since Saddam Hussein fell in 2003. Some information comes from
foreign journalists on the ground and from nongovernmental organizations; a very modest amount to date comes
from Iraqi sources. Most tables and charts are straightforward representations of data as we obtain it from the
above primary sources, with only modest further analysis and processing required. However, a few graphics, such
as those on crime and unemployment rates, require more methodological work (and more assumptions) on our
part—and are as a result also perhaps somewhat less precise than most of the tables and charts.

They're most recent polling is from September 2007, from liberal media.

POLLING/POLITICS
IRAQ: WHERE THINGS STAND 2007104
UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2007
Last of 4 Surveys Conducted by D3 Systems for the BBC, ABC News, ARD German TV and USA Today
(2,112 Iraqi adults from throughout the country were interviewed)

Its been released monthly since November 2003, so you can pour through back issues and see that when it was really bad, the Iraq Index was true and gave the straight facts (many killed on both sides, services lacking, negative polls). Even the most recent polls can't be quantified as "good", and sends a mixed message, as seems all polls in Iraq. But it does show that killings and deaths (on both sides) are down, and services are increasing each month.