Mother Mourns Son Killed in Iraq

A New Jersey mother is mourning the death of her son, a soldier killed in Iraq.

Army 2nd LT. Seth Dvorin was killed Tuesday while trying to disarm a bomb near Baghdad.

The 24-year-old surprised his family with a visit home in Hopewell Township last month but quickly had to return to Iraq.

It is a place his mother said he never should have been in the first place. Sue Niederer is having a hard time coping with her son's death and understanding why it happened.

“How dare President Bush commit our troops to a place where there's weapons of destruction,” Niederer said. “Let’s go get them. Where are they? What did my son lose his life for?"

The military is still investigating the incident that killed Dvorin.

His body is expected to arrive in Dover Air Force Base in Delaware Thursday.

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