Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq    

    WASHINGTON, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Most Americans support the U.S. House provision setting a timetable that calls for most U.S. troops to be out of Iraq by September 2008, said a survey released on Wednesday.

    According to the CBS News poll, 59 percent of those surveyed favored the provision while 37 percent opposed it.

    The poll was conducted before Tuesday's Senate vote to include a non-binding withdrawal timetable in its version of legislation to provide continued funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    U.S. President George W. Bush has pledged to veto either version of the legislation and in a speech on Wednesday reiterated his opposition to a timetable.

    The survey also found that while most Americans believe Iran is providing weapons to insurgents in Iraq, the majority sees that nation as a threat that does not require military action on the part of the United States.

    The poll was conducted among a random sample of 831 adults nationwide, interviewed by telephone on March 26-27.