IRAQ

Ipsnews: Calls Multiply for U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 19 (IPS) - The United States military debacle in Iraq is triggering calls for a withdrawal of U.S. troops, who are dying at an average of about one soldier per day in what has turned out to be a growing urban guerrilla war.

"A bitter pill for many people in the United States is that the U.S. government had no legitimate right to invade Iraq," says Norman Solomon, executive director of the Washington-based Institute for Public Accuracy.

Solomon, who is co-author of the recently-published 'Target Iraq', says the proper course of action remains the same, regardless of how many U.S. soldiers are dying in Iraq. "The United States should immediately withdraw all of its troops from Iraq," he told IPS.