UK Report: Gulf War Syndrome linked to vaccines (lance corporal Izett lawsuit)

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MOD DOC IN GULF WAR JABS ALERT Army doc jags blast

By Pat e

Glasgow Daily Record, UK - January 12, 2004

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A COLONEL has become the first Ministry of Defence doctor to blame Gulf

War Syndrome on vaccinations given to soldiers.

Lieutenant Colonel Graham Howe's comments are a boost to a compensation

claim by a sick Scots former sapper.

Howe examined Izett for the War Pensions Agency.

Izett, a former lance corporal in the Royal Engineers, says his severe

depression and brittle bone disease were caused by the cocktail of drugs

a claim echoed by other veterans.

And, in his report, Howe wrote: ''It seems most certain that Mr Izett did

in fact receive classified secret injections prior to his expected

deployment.

''These have most probably led to the development of autoimmune induced

osteoporosis, which has clearly been a major participating factor in the

development of his recurrent depressive illness. " Last year, Izett won a

ruling from the War Appeals Tribunal linking the symptoms to the

injections.

Izett, originall y from Cumbernauld, near Glasgow, released his medical

records yesterday to raise awareness of the problem.

At home in Germany, Izett who was given the injections but never went to

Iraq said: ''I want to help people who have suffered like me.''

A spokeswoman for the MoD said: ''We've accepted that some who served in

the 1991 Gulf conflict became ill. But Gulf War Syndrome is not a

recognised disease.''

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Report: Gulf War Syndrome linked to vaccines

CNN - TV USA

http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/12/britain.syndrome.reut/

Monday, January 12, 2004 Posted: 9:23 AM EST (1423 GMT)

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A leaked British Army medical report has

provided the first official backing that vaccines given to British

soldiers before the 1991 Gulf War caused illnesses associated with Gulf

War Syndrome, the Times reported on Monday.

It said Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Howe, clinical director of psychiatry

with the British Forces Health Service in Germany, made the link after

the War Pensions Agency asked him to look at the case of former

Lance-Corporal Izett, who now suffers from osteoporosis and acute

depression, the paper said.

The Times quoted Howe as saying in his unpublished report, dated

September 2001 and handed to the paper by Izett, that " secret " injections

given to the soldier " most probably led to the development of

autoimmune-induced osteoporosis. "

Howe came to that conclusion because in the end Izett was never posted to

Iraq, the Times said.

The paper added that Izett won a landmark ruling at a war pensions

appeals tribunal last summer which awarded him a 50 percent disability

pension.

The existence of Gulf War Syndrome and its possible causes have been

hotly debated.

It has been linked variously to the inoculations the veterans received,

pesticides they handled, smoke from oil-burning fires, stress and

organophosphates -- chemicals that have been shown to affect the human

nervous system.

U.S. and British veterans of the conflict have complained of symptoms

such as respiratory and digestive problems, nerve damage, fatigue, pain,

numbness and memory and psychological problems.

Copyright 2004 Reuters.

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Jabs linked to Gulf War Syndrome

BBC News, UK - January 12, 2004

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3388635.stm

The existence of Gulf War syndrome is disputed

A Ministry of Defence doctor has said a cocktail of vaccines may be to

blame for a range of debilitating illnesses known as Gulf War syndrome.

The MoD has strongly denied jabs given to soldiers about to serve in the

1991 conflict compromised their health.

But Lieutenant Colonel Graham Howe, clinical director of psychiatry with

the British Forces Health Service in Germany, has questioned this view.

Independent research has failed to find conclusive proof of a link.

Col Howe was asked by the War Pensions Agency to examine the case of

former Lance-Corporal Izett, from Cumbernauld in Lanarkshire, who

suffered from osteoporosis, which in turn led to depression.

Col Howe wrote in his report that the former Royal Engineer had

inoculations prior to the conflict, which were not recorded on his

medical documents because they had officially been classified as

" secret " .

Izett suffered depression

The Times newspaper report that he concluded:

" It seems most likely certain that Mr Izett did in fact receive

classified `secret' injections prior to his expected deployment and that

in turn these have most probably led to the development of

autoimmune-induced osteoporosis. "

Mr Izett never went to Iraq and was not exposed to any other form of

toxins - leaving no other possible cause for his illness.

The report also highlighted a " high incidence " of osteoporosis in Gulf

war veterans and that the " common denominator that links him to GW vets

are the vaccinations he received prior to deployment " .

Mr Izett, 33, who now lives in Bersenbruck, near Bremen in Germany, was

inoculated like other troops against anthrax, botulism and other

biological agents.

He said he went public with the confidential report, dated September 22,

2001, so that other soldiers vaccinated with the same " secret " injections

could claim compensation for the physical and mental illness they may

have suffered as a result.

Last year a war pensions appeals tribunal awarded Mr Izett a 50%

disability pension, based on the findings of Col Howe's report.

Controversy

The existence of Gulf War Syndrome and its possible causes has been hotly

debated.

It has been linked variously to the inoculations the veterans received,

pesticides they handled, smoke from oil-burning fires, stress and

organophosphates - chemicals that have been shown to affect the human

nervous system.

US and British veterans of the conflict have complained of symptoms such

as respiratory and digestive problems, nerve damage, fatigue, pain,

numbness and memory and psychological problems.

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Troops' illness linked to vaccines

By Mark

Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia January 13, 2004

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8378603%255E421

,00.html

VACCINES administered to Australian troops before their departure to the

first war against Iraq may have caused long-term symptoms known as Gulf

War Syndrome.

A British medical report has found a link between a pre-deployment

immunisation program and long-term medical problems.

Australian Gulf War Veterans Association yesterday seized on the British

report as evidence that Australian troops also suffered permanent

side-effects from their vaccination program.

The confidential British report from September 2001 was drawn up by a

senior army specialist who examined a British soldier who suffered

osteoporosis and depression after the Gulf War. The specialist found that

" secret " injections " most probably led to the development of auto-immune

induced osteoporosis " .

Many of the 1800 Australians deployed to the first Gulf War in 1991

suffer from long-term health problems, including memory loss, dizziness,

chronic fatigue, depression, back and joint problems, skin disorders and

gastro-intestinal complaints.

However, the Australian Government - like Britain - has refused to

recognise the existence of Gulf War Syndrome.

A 600-page Australian health study last year found that Gulf War veterans

were more prone to psychological problems, but found no firm evidence of

a syndrome of physical health complaints.

© Herald and Weekly Times

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