Weeping mother calls for (Tony) Blair to be held to account

[sabra]

Source: this is london

The mother of a British soldier killed in Iraq broke down in tears today as she called for former prime minister Tony Blair to be held to account for the "unlawful" conflict in Iraq.

Anne Donnachie, whose son Rifleman Paul Donnachie was killed in Basra in April 2007, was addressing members of the Iraq Inquiry committee at a regional meeting in Bristol when she made her tearful plea.

Committee members Sir Roderic Lyne, Sir Lawrence Freedman and Sir Martin Gilbert hosted the meeting to listen to relatives' experiences and opinions on the war.

The Inquiry was set up to identify lessons that could be learned from the Iraq conflict.

As the forum was handed over to the family members, Mrs Donnachie, accompanied by her husband James, wept and said: "I lost my son and he was only 18, and I blame Tony Blair."

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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

[crim son]

2. I cannot imagine her pain, but

have mixed feelings about her request. Soldiers get killed - it's part of the deal they make when they sign on, and history makes it clear that governments send their soldiers out to fight in dubious wars.

Horrible. My boy is sixteen and the thought of losing him in a bullshit war makes me ill.