Black Watch soldier ‘died for war he didn’t believe in’
Private Paul Lowe, 19, Sergeant Stuart Gray, 31, and Private Scott McArdle, 22, who all came from Fife, in Scotland, died in the blast at a vehicle checkpoint on Thursday.
Pte Lowe’s younger brother Craig, an 18-year-old private who returned from Basra last month, paid tribute to his “brilliant brother, comrade and friend”, who loved his job but did not believe that he should have been in Iraq.
Craig Lowe said: “I don’t think he thought about the dangers, he just kept his chin up.
“He thought they shouldn’t be there, they should all just be back here because it’s a war which nobody knows why it was started or what it was done for,” Craig Lowe said
Craig said the whole family, including his younger brothers, Stuart, Shaun and Jordan and mother Helen, were “heartbroken” by the news which they received last night shortly after it was announced in the British Parliament.
He said: “We’re still upset at his loss, it’s just not sinking in at all.”
Speaking at his family’s home in Kelty, Scotland, Craig said his brother had loved his job. “What he lived for was his job in the army. But he said he didn’t think he should be there in Iraq because the regiment has already done their time over there, the first time, so he didn’t think they should be back there again,” Craig Lowe said.
“But he just took it on the chin and went back and got on with his job,” Craig Lowe said.
Craig said he and his brother thought little of US President George W Bush and his reasons for going to war.
He said: “He just thought he was an arsehole for starting a war over nothing, trying to get money and oil.
“That’s what we thought ourselves, that’s what Paul thought as well, we all thought that.”
He added: “I think they should just get them all out of there now because if not we are going to lose a lot more than this.
“There are going to be a lot more upset people,” Craig said.
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