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Mother angry over son's death in Iraq
The mother of an Australian man killed in a military plane crash in Iraq says she feels her son's life was wasted.
Flight Lieutenant Paul Pardoel, 35, was on board a British Hercules when it went down 40 kilometres north-west of Baghdad.
The former Royal Australian Air Force officer from Melbourne had been serving with the British Royal Air Force since being transferred several years ago.
British officials say Flight Lieutenant Pardoel was one of 10 personnel killed in the crash.
His mother, Margaret Pardoel, says she opposed the invasion of Iraq and was always fearful her son would be killed.
"I don't think this should have gone on," she said. "I think it's just cold-blooded murder. Look at all those young American boys that have been slaughtered."
Mrs Pardoel says her son often spoke of his fears on the job.
"One night he phoned [and] he said, 'Mum there's nowhere to hide here, it's just so dangerous, there's nowhere to hide'," she said.
"He said it's so dangerous, that's all he said."
Mrs Pardoel says her son had been planning a career change and was due back in Australia in July.
"They'd bought a house in Canberra and were renting it out to start a new life here and it ended so sadly," she said.
Mrs Pardoel says she and her husband John are devastated by the loss of their only son.
"He had a tremendous personality, he was very, very well liked and a lovable person and always had a smile," she said.
Flight Lieutenant Pardoel is survived by his wife Kelly and three young children.
Meanwhile, an Arabic television channel has aired a videotape purporting to show insurgents firing a missile that downed the British transport plane.
The video, issued by the 1920 Revolution Brigades, showed a mid-air explosion at a distance then burning debris of what looked like a plane, including an engine, on the ground and filmed at close range in a large field.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1293402.htm?fp_news_stor
For you Rossi..and for Austrailia....He was a very brave man...
The mother of an Australian man killed in a military plane crash in Iraq says she feels her son's life was wasted.
Flight Lieutenant Paul Pardoel, 35, was on board a British Hercules when it went down 40 kilometres north-west of Baghdad.
The former Royal Australian Air Force officer from Melbourne had been serving with the British Royal Air Force since being transferred several years ago.
British officials say Flight Lieutenant Pardoel was one of 10 personnel killed in the crash.
His mother, Margaret Pardoel, says she opposed the invasion of Iraq and was always fearful her son would be killed.
"I don't think this should have gone on," she said. "I think it's just cold-blooded murder. Look at all those young American boys that have been slaughtered."
Mrs Pardoel says her son often spoke of his fears on the job.
"One night he phoned [and] he said, 'Mum there's nowhere to hide here, it's just so dangerous, there's nowhere to hide'," she said.
"He said it's so dangerous, that's all he said."
Mrs Pardoel says her son had been planning a career change and was due back in Australia in July.
"They'd bought a house in Canberra and were renting it out to start a new life here and it ended so sadly," she said.
Mrs Pardoel says she and her husband John are devastated by the loss of their only son.
"He had a tremendous personality, he was very, very well liked and a lovable person and always had a smile," she said.
Flight Lieutenant Pardoel is survived by his wife Kelly and three young children.
Meanwhile, an Arabic television channel has aired a videotape purporting to show insurgents firing a missile that downed the British transport plane.
The video, issued by the 1920 Revolution Brigades, showed a mid-air explosion at a distance then burning debris of what looked like a plane, including an engine, on the ground and filmed at close range in a large field.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1293402.htm?fp_news_stor
For you Rossi..and for Austrailia....He was a very brave man...
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