British Soldiers Say War Vaccines Poisoned Them

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http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/articles/5000823?version=1'War vaccines poisoned us'By Rebecca Mowling, Evening StandardFour British soldiers who received jabs for the Iraq conflict are to sue theMinistry of Defence claiming they are suffering from a new form of Gulf WarSyndrome.The revelation comes as a veterans' support group predicted today thatthousands of UK servicemen will come forward with mystery illnesses linkedto "vaccine overload".Tony Flint of the National Gulf Veterans and Families' Association,confirmed he now anticipates a fresh wave of health cases. "We are expectingat least 6,000 new cases as a result of the Iraq conflict - about 30 percent of the 22,000 troops who had the anthrax vaccination."The first four soldiers from the latest conflict who are set to sue - tworeservists and two regulars - are blaming depression, breathing problems andeczema on injections they were given before being sent to the Middle East.Professor Malcolm Hooper, chief scientific adviser to the veterans'association, said the MoD did not seem to have learned from "the mistakes ofthe 1991 conflict" in relation to multiple vaccinations. "These guys areclearly suffering from vaccine overload," he said.The key concern centres on soldiers given anthrax vaccines on top of othermore routine inoculations.Professor Hooper added: "The problem was one which was there in 1991. Ourstudies have shown that these people have excessive symptoms - three tofour-fold compared with people who have not been vaccinated in the sameway."Concern about the long-term side-effects led to almost half the 45,000British servicemen and women in the recent conf lict refusing vaccinationsagainst anthrax, fearing that they might be afflicted by the syndrome.However, all four men are understood to have been given the anthraxvaccination and had multiple jabs in one day before falling ill.Royal Engineers reservist Stephen Cartwright was taken to hospital with afever and blistered skin after being given a number of jabs, including thecontroversial anthrax vaccine. The 24-yearold spent four days in hospitaland was so ill he did not make it to the Gulf.The second reservist, Tony Barker, 45, was given five vaccinations -hepatitis, typhoid, polio, diphtheria and yellow fever on 17 February, daysafter he was called up. The father-of-one received an anthrax jab less thana week later. The Royal Logistics Corps driver fell ill in Kuwait afterbeing given nerve agent pre-treatment and anti-malarial pills. He also had asecond anthrax jab on 13 March.Lawyer Mark McGhee, who is acting for the four men, said: "The symptoms thatthese four individuals are experiencing are identical to those of theindividuals I represent in relation to the first Gulf war." The High Courtis due to rule within weeks on whether Gulf War Syndrome can be recognisedin law.But the MoD has also accepted that some troops returning from the latestconflict may suffer long-term health problems as a result of the war and hasbegun a screening programme.=============================================News is a free service of the National Vaccine InformationCenter and is supported through membership donations. Learn more about vaccines, diseases and how to protect your informed consent rights http://www.909shot.comBecome a member and support NVIC's work https://www.909shot.com/order.htm