Scotsman: "Three out of four Scots want British troops pulled out of Iraq, according to a survey.
A total of 74% of people quizzed in Scotland for the poll by a Sunday newspaper said they wanted the soldiers to be brought home.
Forty-two per cent said they would like to see a phased pull-out of troops over the next year while 32% wanted an immediate exit.
Fifteen per cent of those interviewed said the troops should stay in Iraq indefinitely - 11% were unsure.
The Scottish Opinion Research Agency interviewed 419 Scots last week for the survey in the Sunday Mail.
The findings came as Defence Secretary John Reid said British troops could start handing over to Iraqi forces next year. Amid newspaper reports that British troops will begin a major withdrawal next May, Mr Reid insisted on Sky TV that no date had yet been set for any pull-out.
Welcoming the survey, Scottish Socialist Party leader Colin Fox said: 'Scots now recognise that far from stabilising the country, the presence of UK troops is only creating more violence and the only way forward for Iraq is an immediate end to the occupation.'"
