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A US marine will today go public with his opposition to the war in Iraq as part of a campaign to petition Congress to bring US troops home.

Sergeant Liam Madden - who was against the war even before being sent to Iraq with his unit in late 2004 - is one of more than 100 soldiers on active duty who have organised the petition drive through a website called Appeal for Redress

The move, which reflects growing US domestic opposition to the war, could present the Bush administration with a serious problem if it undermines morale of already hard-pressed armed forces in Iraq.

Appeal for Redress claims many active duty…

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