Drone_pilot
04-05-04, 13:42
A former soldier has gone on hunger strike in an attempt to secure a public inquiry into Gulf war Syndrome.
Alexander Izett said he was ready to die to force the military to "come clean" over the issue.
The former lance corporal from Cumbernauld stopped eating last Saturday, on his 34th birthday, at his home in Germany.
Mr Izett said he developed brittle bone disease after being vaccinated in the run-up to the Gulf War in 1990 to 1991.
He took his case to the Scottish Parliament earlier this year but has become frustrated with the progress being made by MSPs.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3682525.stm)
Alexander Izett said he was ready to die to force the military to "come clean" over the issue.
The former lance corporal from Cumbernauld stopped eating last Saturday, on his 34th birthday, at his home in Germany.
Mr Izett said he developed brittle bone disease after being vaccinated in the run-up to the Gulf War in 1990 to 1991.
He took his case to the Scottish Parliament earlier this year but has become frustrated with the progress being made by MSPs.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3682525.stm)