Mother of US Iraq casualty vows to follow Bush (AFP)

CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - The mother of a US soldier killed in
Iraq warned she would camp outside the White House next month if US
President George W. Bush refuses to meet with her here at his ranch.

"I don't understand why he cannot spend ten minutes of his time to talk to somebody whose life he has devastated," said Cindy Sheehan, 48, who has been camped out about a kilometer from the gates of Bush's ranch since Saturday.

Sheehan, whose son, Casey, was killed in April 2004 five days after arriving in Iraq , wants to meet with Bush face-to-face to deliver her anti-war message.

"I want Bush to stop using my son's sacrifice to justify the killing," she told reporters, insisting that "he needs to bring the troops home now."

AFP Photo: Cindy Sheehan speaks on a mobile phone near her makeshift camp on the road leading..

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