British Soldiers Say War Vaccines Poisoned Them

May 30, 2003

'War vaccines poisoned us' By Rebecca Mowling, Evening Standard

Four British soldiers who received jabs for the Iraq conflict are to sue the

Ministry of Defence claiming they are suffering from a new form of Gulf War

Syndrome.

The revelation comes as a veterans' support group predicted today that

thousands of UK servicemen will come forward with mystery illnesses linked

to " vaccine overload " .

Tony Flint of the National Gulf Veterans and Families' Association,

confirmed he now anticipates a fresh wave of health cases. " We are expecting

at least 6,000 new cases as a result of the Iraq conflict - about 30 per

cent of the 22,000 troops who had the anthrax vaccination. "

The first four soldiers from the latest conflict who are set to sue - two

reservists and two regulars - are blaming depression, breathing problems and

eczema 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 of

the 1991 conflict " in relation to multiple vaccinations. " These guys are

clearly suffering from vaccine overload, " he said.

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