thedrifter
02-27-03, 03:55 PM
Thursday, February 27, 2003 Posted: 10:35 AM EST (1535 GMT)
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- An 80-year-old British pensioner has been called up by the Ministry of Defence for possible action in Iraq, the Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.
I'm used to rifles and machine guns, not missiles.
-- Joe Steer
If he went, it would be the first time Joe Steer had seen active service since the famous World War Two battle of El Alamein in Egypt in 1942, the paper said.
The call-up papers came in an official government envelope and ordered Steer to report to a training camp.
"I'm a bit past my prime," the Sun quoted him as saying. "It's too high-tech today. I'm used to rifles and machine guns, not missiles."
A ministry spokesman told the paper the call-up was due to an administrative error.
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Copyright 2003 Reuters.
Sempers,
Roger
God Bless Him.......
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- An 80-year-old British pensioner has been called up by the Ministry of Defence for possible action in Iraq, the Sun newspaper reported on Thursday.
I'm used to rifles and machine guns, not missiles.
-- Joe Steer
If he went, it would be the first time Joe Steer had seen active service since the famous World War Two battle of El Alamein in Egypt in 1942, the paper said.
The call-up papers came in an official government envelope and ordered Steer to report to a training camp.
"I'm a bit past my prime," the Sun quoted him as saying. "It's too high-tech today. I'm used to rifles and machine guns, not missiles."
A ministry spokesman told the paper the call-up was due to an administrative error.
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Copyright 2003 Reuters.
Sempers,
Roger
God Bless Him.......