Hell hath no fury like this mother of dead British soldier.

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IRAQ IN TRANSITION

Son's death propels British protest
Letter from Blair, visit to 10 Downing St. didn't ease mother's grief

By Matthew McAllester
Tribune newspapers: Newsday
Published August 31, 2004

GLASGOW, Scotland -- Tony Blair's letter of condolence was delivered that morning at 52 Templeland Rd., the run-down, government-owned apartment in one of the poorest corners of Britain that was home to 19-year-old Gordon Gentle.

"It is a heavy responsibility to send young soldiers into war and I assure you I didn't take the decision lightly," the British prime minister wrote to Gentle's parents, Rose and George.

Hours later, Rose found herself in Blair's home at 10 Downing St., sitting on a plush couch next to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, who was filling in for Blair while he was on vacation in Italy.

"You can give that back to Tony Blair; it's no good to me," she told Prescott as she threw Blair's letter at him. Her son, killed by a roadside bomb, was the last coalition soldier killed before the hand-over of power to the interim Iraqi government June 28. He was the 60th British soldier to die in Iraq. He was Gentle's only son. And she came to London that day earlier this month to vent her fury and to beg the prime minister to pull Britain's troops out of Iraq so no more mothers would have to go through the same pain.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0408310230aug31,1,1921176.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

[the Kelly Gang]

1. Tony Blair will answer to God

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2. So will chicken george.

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3. sad

these stories of parents ripped apart by the loss of their children -- so sad.
and all for a lie.