Hoon to meet Iraq soldier's widow

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Matthew Tempest and agencies
Monday January 19, 2004

The defence secretary, Geoff Hoon, is to face the widow of a British soldier killed in Iraq in a private meeting this afternoon in an attempt to defuse the row over his death.
Sergeant Steven Roberts, 33, was shot dead by "friendly fire" while trying to quell a riot just days after being told to hand back his flak jacket because there were not enough to go round.

Samantha Roberts, 32, has called on Mr Hoon to quit his cabinet job over failures to get vital kit to soldiers. It will be the second time the pair have met, but Mrs Roberts has recently gone on a media offensive by releasing audio tapes of her husband's diary, calling on Mr Hoon to resign "for the good of the country" and saying he has "blood on his hands".

Her cause has been taken up by several newspapers, while Mr Hoon is also facing a fight for his political life with the publication next week of the Hutton report into the death of Ministry of Defence scientist David Kelly.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1126375,00.html

greataunt's comment: This is one brave woman. Best of luck to her.

[lcordero]

1. I hope that she doesn't let up