U.S. soldiers to petition Congress to end Iraq war

A group of active duty U.S. military are planning to petition Congress to bring home the troops from Iraq. The petition, to be delivered to Congress on Martin Luther King day in January, reads:

"As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq. Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for US troops to come home."

A website for the petition "An Appeal for Redress" can be found at http://www.appealforredress.org/. As part of the campaign, a U.S. marine who has served in Iraq, Sergeant Liam Madden, will go public today with his opposition to the war. "The more informed I got, the more I opposed the war," said Sergeant Madden.