Manchester Evening News (UK): Tragic Soldier's Plea From Grave To End Iraq War [View All]

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Tragic soldier's plea from the grave to end Iraq war

In one emotional extract, Gunner Lee Thornton, who was shot while patrolling the town of Al Qurna, near Basra, penned: "Dear Tony, stop putting our lives at risk." Another reads: "This is not worth dying for."

His stinging criticism of Mr Blair's handling of the Iraq crisis has been revealed after extracts of Gunner Thornton's war diary were released by his heartbroken parents, Karen and Mick.

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Commenting on facing stonings by villagers and the ever-present threat of sniper or mortar attack from insurgents, he wrote: "I don't trust the Iraqi army, the Iraqi police or the people, this is pointless."

On a rare day off, August 17, he wrote: "All I have done all day is think of home. I hate this place, I really do. It is just not worth dying for, I wish Tony Blair could see that."

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The letter continued: "I really did love you with all I had, you were everything to me."

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