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By Steve Purcell
Families of British soldiers killed in Iraq today expressed their anger and bitterness at the findings of the Butler report.
Rose Gentle, whose son Gordon was killed in Basra last month, said: "It’s time for that man (Mr Blair) to get out now. This proves my son went to war over a pack of damn lies.
"He (Mr Blair) has blood on his hands, he is a disgrace. He should take out the rest of the troops now before some other kid gets killed."
And the father of one of six military policemen killed by a mob in Iraq said the Butler Report was "yet another twist of the knife".
Reg Keys, 52, said the report failed to hold anybody to account for taking the country into an "unnecessary war" in which his son, Lance Corporal Thomas Keys, died.
The former paratrooper died defending a police station in al-Majir al-Kabir, north of the British-controlled city of Basra, just four days before his 21st birthday.
Mr Keys said: "My biggest concern is that the report does not appear to apportion blame to anyone, no one is accountable and no heads have rolled.
"It lets everybody off the hook with a little slap on the wrists.
"Blair was wrong and he owes me an apology."
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20 July 2004, 01:20
Unfortunately, a hoax website at www.butlerreview.org.uk has been widely reported to be the official website for the Butler inquiry.
This is clearly nonsense. The real official site for the Butler report is at www.butlerreview.org. Your readers are kindly asked to bear this in mind.