Side Two - June 23, 2005

·         IRAQI PUBLIC OPINION:  A January 2005 Zogby International Poll found that 82% of Iraqi Sunni Arabs and 69% of Iraqi Shiites favor US withdrawal either immediately or as soon as an elected government is in place.¹

·         US TROOPS:  We are violating a sacred trust by asking our service people to risk their lives in an unjust war and occupation.  1728 dead, 12896 wounded as of June 21, 2005. 

·          INSURGENCY:   Growing daily, in DIRECT RESPONSE to our continued military presence.  Consider this:  Iraq’s leading Sunni group, the Association of Muslim Scholars, which has close ties to the resistance and has issued fatwas against Coalition forces, has declared that it would issue a fatwa calling for an end to the insurgency if the new Iraqi government sets a date for withdrawal of US troops.²  he resistance is not against democracy; it is against occupation.

DEMAND A TIMETABLE
 

Withdrawal Of United States Armed Forces From Iraq

Resolution of 2005—Homeward Bound H.J. Res.55

This bill was introduced in the House on June 16, 2005, by a bipartisan group of lawmakers. 
19 Representatives are sponsoring.  Among them:

Walter Jones*, R-NC
Ron Paul, R-TX;
James Leach, R-IA;
Lynn Woolsey, D-CA;
Dennis Kucinich, D-OH;
Peter DeFazio, D-OR

 [1] http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=957
[2] Financial Times, February 7, 2005, page 8.
* The man behind “Freedom Fries” and “Freedom Toast”