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Troops support withdrawal
Poll: Most want out of Iraq within a year

Drew Brown
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Mar. 1, 2006 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON - Nearly three out of four American troops serving in Iraq think U.S. forces should withdraw within a year, and more than one in four say the United States should leave immediately, according to a poll published Tuesday.

The poll, conducted by Zogby International and the Center for Peace and Global Studies at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, N.Y., is a rare effort to determine the views of American troops serving in a ground war.

Twenty-nine percent of the troops surveyed said U.S. forces should leave Iraq immediately, an additional 22 percent said they should leave within the next six months, and 21 percent said within six to 12 months. Twenty-three percent agreed with President Bush's call for troops to stay "as long as they are needed," and 5 percent were unsure........ snip


Other main findings from the survey:


• 85 percent of those surveyed believed that the war was "to retaliate for Saddam's role in the 9/11 attacks," although the 9/11 commission in 2004 found "no credible evidence" that Iraq had cooperated with al-Qaida in the attacks.


• 68 percent believed that the real reason for the war was to remove Saddam Hussein from power.


• 58 percent said the current mission was clear, and 42 percent said it was unclear.


• About two in five saw the Iraqi insurgency as mostly homegrown, with little foreign involvement.


• 53 percent said the United States should double the number of troops and bombing missions to control the insurgency.

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