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Rachel Hagan & Dan Dove

Mum of soldier, 19, killed in Iraq war bomb says Tony Blair 'murdered my son'

A mum has blamed ex-UK Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair for the death of her 19-year-old son who was unlawfully killed in action during the Iraq war.

Speaking to the Mirror for the 20th anniversary of the invasion in Iraq, Rose Gentle has said the memories of her son, Fusilier Gordon Campbell Gentle, will never die but that Sir Tony is to blame for his death.

The gran-of-three from Scotland said: "Tony Blair murdered my son, he definitely killed my son. He is to blame, he is the one that sent them [troops] there, he is the one who jumped along with [US President] George Bush.

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