Iraq withdrawal question could be put to voters

Peace activists push initiatives at township meetings By Chris Rickert - City Editor Residents of Sycamore and DeKalb townships may be able to vote this November on nonbinding referendums that call on policy-makers to limit the U.S. military's presence in Iraq. Activists associated with the DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice, a local peace group, appeared at the townships' annual meetings on Tuesday and helped pass initiatives to place the referendums on the Nov. 7 general election ballot. The DeKalb Township question asks voters if the U.S. government should &#8220immediately begin an orderly and rapid withdrawal of all of its military personnel from Iraq, beginning with the National Guard and Reserves.” The vote to place the