Mother of killed soldier: I believe my son died for an unjust policy

La_Serpiente

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Fri Nov-14-03 03:04 PM
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Mother of killed soldier: I believe my son died for an unjust policy

Edited on Fri Nov-14-03 03:04 PM by La_Serpiente

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Thursday November 13, 10:16 PM
Rosemarie Dietz Slavenas, mother of 1st. Lt. Brian Slavenas, the pilot from Illinois who died along with 15 other soldiers when their helicopter was shot down Nov. 1 in Iraq, blasts President Bush at her son's burial, in Genoa, Ill, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003. "I believe my son Brian died not for his country but because of our country's lack of a coherent and civilized foreign policy," she said. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Carrera)

http://uk.fc.yahoo.com/031113/46/edwjh.html

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LittleApple81

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Fri Nov-14-03 03:08 PM
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1. I saw this woman quoted in another DU thread and she said

much more than that, apparently.

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Maine-i-acs

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Fri Nov-14-03 03:09 PM
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2. I love you Ms. Slovenas but ...

Please go into hiding, get a good lawyer, and stay out of planes for a while.

My deepest condolences go to her for her unneeded loss. Unfortunately there will be more like her.

The USSR's Afghanistan pullout was preceded by a mobilization of Soviet War mothers, was it not? Hmm...

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LittleApple81

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Fri Nov-14-03 03:13 PM
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3. She dared Bush to kill her or something like that, according to the

other thread in DU...

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