Wed 21 Sep 2005 (Copied and pasted from Scotsman.com)
Dead Scot's mother sets off to join US protest
THE mother of a teenage soldier killed in Iraq set off for a major anti-war protest in Washington yesterday.
Rose Gentle, whose 19-year-old son, Gordon, was killed by a roadside bomb in Basra last year, will take part in a march and rally in the American capital on Saturday.
She will meet Cindy Sheehan, who sparked anti-war vigils across the United States last month when she camped outside George Bush's home in Texas demanding answers over her eldest son's death in action near Baghdad in 2004.
Mrs Gentle, 41, from Glasgow, said the anti-war movement was gathering momentum across the Atlantic and the demonstration would be "huge".
She said: "Our troops don't know who are their enemies and who are their friends now.
"The boys don't need to be there anymore. It has been handed over, the Iraqis have got their government. It is time they were all back home, and I think they should start listening before we get any more killed."
The Respect Party MP, George Galloway, is expected to attend the rally. It will coincide with a protest planned for the same day in Hyde Park, London, at which Scottish Socialist Party leader, Colin Fox, will speak.
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