Chicago's City Council on Wednesday called for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, but aldermen displayed the same kind of division on the issue that is common across the nation. At a more than 5-hour meeting during which Ald. Burton Natarus (42nd) threw a scare into his colleagues after collapsing to the council floor, aldermen voted 29-9 to support the resolution. The vote, which came after several aldermen had departed from the chamber, made Chicago the second major city after San Francisco to formally call for a pullout. Download complete story in PDF format.
