NZ Government Poisoned New Zealand Troops?

Press release: Peace Action Wellington

22 February, 2004



The recent news that 75 percent of 1500 Australian troops sent to

Afghanistan were literally poisoned by anthrax vaccinations shots given to

them by their government raises serious questions about whether similar

shots, which were suspected to have been harmful, were given to New

Zealand troops.



?It seems extremely likely that the New Zealand SAS and other deployments

received these shots like their British and Australian counterparts, and

that they suffered ill effects? said Valerie Morse of Peace Action

Wellington.



?Helen Clark?s blatant misleading of the New Zealand public about the

deployment of SAS troops gives us no faith that she will be immediately

honest when answering the question ?did her government poison New Zealand

troops??



Peace Action Wellington have sent an Official Information Request to the

Ministry of Defence to request full information about any vaccinations

programs given to troops sent to Afghanistan or Iraq since 2003.



ENDS

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