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WASHINGTON -- A coalition of liberal activists is expected this week to begin mobilizing support for removing American troops from Iraq. Though problems in Iraq hurt President Bush most, swelling withdrawal sentiment could also complicate the campaign of Democratic challenger John Kerry. The Massachusetts senator supports maintaining U.S. troop levels and perhaps even increasing them in the short term, while soliciting help from allies toward reducing U.S. occupation forces later. But on a conference call tomorrow, an alliance of 39 groups organized under the banner of "Win Without War" is expected to rally behind a call for a more definitive...

Do you support the use of terror? I ask you because terror is a weapon of war. Terror was a weapon used in World War II, in the firebombing of Dresden; terror was a weapon described in the Iliad, when Achilleus dragged his slain enemy Hektor around the walls of the city of Troy. For as long as men have known how to make war, terror has been a weapon of war. Our current administration is preparing to make war upon the nation of Iraq. We may assume that this administration makes its preparations with the full knowledge and understanding...