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Top Democrat urges Iraq pullout
(BBC NEWS, November 17, 2005)
An influential Democratic congressman - who voted for the Iraq invasion in 2003 - has called for the immediate withdrawal of US forces from Iraq. . . . John Murtha - a decorated Vietnam War veteran - said US troops had become "a catalyst for violence" in Iraq. . . . His comments followed attacks from the Bush administration on critics of its Iraq war policy and its handling of intelligence to invade Iraq. . . . "Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency, they are united against US forces, and we have become a catalyst for violence," Mr Murtha said at an emotional news conference in Washington. . . . "US troops are the common enemy of the Sunnis, the Saddamists, and the foreign jihadists ... I believe we need to turn Iraq over to the Iraqis," he said. . . . Mr Murtha - who is a member of a key House of Representatives panel that oversees defence spending - urged the White House to "immediately redeploy US troops consistent with the safety of US forces". . . . The congressman from Pennsylvania also said a "quick reaction force" should be created in the Middle East. . . . Mr Murtha's remarks have dealt a further blow to the Bush administration's attempt to rally support for the war in Iraq, the BBC's Justin Webb in Washington says. . . . Until now comments the Troops Out movement in America has received support only on the political fringes, but that has changed in a dramatic fashion, our correspondent says.

posted by LoZo 1:03 PM