“Over 80% of Iraqis want US and other foreign forces to stop patrolling their cities and make their presence less visible by withdrawing to bases, according to the latest survey by Iraq’s best-known polling organisation.

Forty-one per cent would feel safer if the forces left Iraq altogether, and only 32% would feel less safe.” (Guardian.UK)

“Iraqi militants executed an American soldier they had taken hostage because the United States refused to withdraw from Iraq, al-Jazeera television reported yesterday.” (Guardian.UK)