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UK: "Privatised" Gulf War Syndrome inquiry announced

01 August 2004

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In July Lord Morris of Manchester, who is honorary parliamentary advisor to the Royal British Legion, announced that he had established an inquiry into Gulf War Syndrome, the unexplained range of illnesses that afflicted soldiers serving during the first Gulf war in 1991. The inquiry is to be led by Lord Lloyd of Berwick and is funded by an anonymous donor and individual contributions. It is expected to cost in the region of £60,000. An independent inquiry into the syndrome was first called for by the British Legion in 1997 but, according to Lord Lloyd, "although the Government had claimed it had not ruled out holding an inquiry, it had "repeatedly" resisted one". A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that: "We do not believe that a public inquiry is appropriate at this time." The MoD has always denied the existence of Gulf War Syndrome.

Independent 13.7.04.

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