Iraq soldier 'sickened' by amputation claim [UK]

Sun 18 Jan 2004 show images

Iraq soldier 'sickened' by amputation claim
KIM MUNRO

A SCOTS soldier at the centre of a row over the quality of equipment supplied to British troops in Iraq last night demanded to know if his leg was amputated only because there was a lack of medical supplies.

Sergeant Albert Thomson said it "sickened" him to think this could be true and confirmed that his family have hired a lawyer to investigate the claims.

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Thomson, 35, said: "I was just grateful to be alive after I lost my leg, but now I can’t believe this. It sickens me to think this could be true. I’m in complete shock. For the past few months I have just been trying to get on with day-to-day living."

‘I was grateful to be alive after I lost my leg, but I can’t believe this’

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This article:

http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/uk.cfm?id=63902004

War with Iraq:

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=518

Websites:

Al Jazeera (English)
http://english.aljazeera.net/

Iraq Body Count
http://www.iraqbodycount.net

FCO - Policy towards Iraq
http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394374

Iraq Watch
http://www.iraqwatch.org

Justice not Vengeance
http://www.j-n-v.org/

Ministry of Defence - Operation Telic
http://www.operations.mod.uk/telic/index.htm

Voices in the Wilderness UK
http://www.voicesuk.org

UN - Office of the Iraq Programme
http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/

UN News Centre
http://www.un.org/News/

UNMOVIC
http://www.unmovic.org/

US Central Command
http://www.centcom.mil/

US Dept of State - Iraq Update
http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/nea/iraq/