New findings reveal that soldiers have suffered from the drugs they had to take during the Gulf War. I have taken this news reading from www.news.bbc.co.uk but this got me thinking, did any soldiers take drugs for the war in Iraq and what did they take? What will happen to them now, their futures?


A soldier has won an important ruling on the effect of injections which will have major implications for Gulf War Syndrome campaigners.

A war pensions appeal tribunal ruled Alex Izett's brittle bone disease can be linked to a cocktail of injections he had before the Gulf War.

Mr Izett - who was with the Royal Engineers - was never actually sent to the conflict but developed unexpected illness in the same way as many veterans.



Many soldiers had numerous injections

The Ministry of Defence has said it will not challenge the finding.

Army veterans have described the ruling as the first official recognition of Gulf War Syndrome.

Mr Izett's condition left him unable to work and very depressed.

Gulf veterans campaigners have seen his case as the vital link that proves there is a problem specifically with the injections, something long disputed by the government.

But the veterans believe the tribunal's decision constitutes official backing for their position.

Plethora of symptoms

Unlike an ongoing earlier case, the government has decided not to challenge the verdict. Mr Izzett said he was delighted.

The MoD said it still disagreed with the verdict but could not find any grounds to contest it.

Gulf War Syndrome is associated with a vast array of symptoms including fatigue, nausea, fever and depression.

It has been attributed to injections, depleted uranium ammunition, or even Iraqi chemical weapons, although many believe the nebulous condition could be psychosomatic.

The MoD has acknowledged the existence of the concept of "symptoms and signs of ill-defined conditions" (SSIDC).

But veterans feel there has never been a proper investigation into the issue.