BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW
Petition for the Chicago City Council to Pass a Resolution for Full U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq

We, the undersigned, request that the Chicago City Council pass a resolution calling for: immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops, no permanent U.S. military installations in Iraq, and an end to U.S. control of the Iraqi economy.

Our reasons are:

o The justifications for the invasion were false and violated the public trust.

o Iraq presented no threat to the U.S. at the time of the invasion and the U.S. war violates international law.

o All reasonable diplomatic options were not exhausted.

o Iraq's infrastructure has been devastated and thousands of Iraqis have been killed. The war on Iraq has had a negative impact on the U.S. and the City of Chicago.

o The death toll of U.S. soldiers and Iraqis continues to mount; xx U.S. troops from [Your State] have died.

o The U.S. government has spent more than $500 billion on the war in Iraq while the U.S. deficit climbs.

o Astronomical military spending steals from Chicagoans through cuts in social programs.

o As of 6/08, the cost of the war to [Your City] was xx (STATISTICS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY: http://www.nationalpriorities.org).
This money could have funded: (STATISTICS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY: http://www.nationalpriorities.org)
* 83,601 4-year scholarships at public universities,
* health insurance for 1,032,648 Chicago children,
* 228,414 Head Start students for one year,
* 29,886 public school teachers for one year
* 15,572 housing units in Chicago

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Sample Petition 2 from Vermont Network on Iraq War Resolutions
http://iraqresolution.org/petition1_page.html

We the undersigned legal voters of the Town of _______________ request the Selectboard to place the following article on the warning for the Annual Town Meeting to be held on March 1, 2005:

Article __. Shall the voters of the Town of __________________ vote to approve the resolution concerning the war in Iraq and the deployment of members of the Vermont National Guard in that war, as attached to the petition and incorporated herein by reference, and then send a copy of the resolution to Vermont's state and federal office-holders? (A copy of the full resolution can be viewed at iraqresolution.org or at the Town Clerk's office.)

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