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  • May 2008

    • Britain Opens X-Files Vault

      Reuters  |  May 14, 08 11:23 AM CDT

      Britain Opens X-Files Vault

      (Newser) - Britain has released the first batch of secret files on reported UFO sightings, Reuters reports, and concluded that 90% are bogus. The Defense Ministry's Flying Saucer Working Party found that the other unexplained 10% posed no security threat. It has investigated some 11,000 reports dating back to the '50s that include tales of aliens in green overalls and a spaceman named Algar. More »

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      Great Britain  • Ministry of Defence  • Royal Air Force  • UFOs

  • April 2008

    • Prince Pilots Chopper to Gal Pal's Home

      BBC  |  Apr 20, 08 5:50 AM CDT

      Prince Pilots Chopper to Gal Pal's Home

      (Newser) - British officials have defended allowing Prince William to land a military helicopter on a field next to the home of his girlfriend’s family after the media blasted it as “ridiculous and inappropriate,” the BBC reports. “This was a routine training sortie"—and no one entered or exited the chopper, said the Ministry of Defense. Wills' girlfriend Kate Middleton and her parents watched the landing from their home. More »

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      Prince William  • British military  • Kate Middleton  • Ministry of Defence  • Royal Air Force

    • Brits Will Pay $4M to Iraqi Boy Paralyzed by Bullet

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 15, 08 5:48 AM CDT

      Brits Will Pay $4M to Iraqi Boy Paralyzed by Bullet

      (Newser) - Britain's Ministry of Defense has agreed to pay $4 million in compensation to an Iraqi boy accidentally shot by a British soldier, the Guardian reports. The boy, now 17, is paralyzed from severe spinal injuries inflicted when the soldier dropped his rifle at a Basra base in 2003. He is receiving round-the-clock care in Britain and will never be able to return to Iraq. More »

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      Iraq  • Basra  • British military  • British Army  • negligence  • compensation  • Ministry of Defence

  • March 2008

    • We Were Hunting Harry: Taliban

      Newsweek  |  Mar 3, 08 5:00 AM CST

      We Were Hunting Harry: Taliban

      (Newser) - Taliban militants knew Britain's Prince Harry was deployed with his infantry unit in Afghanistan and were plotting to kidnap or kill him, one of their leaders tells Newsweek . Deputy Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Karim claims he learned of the presence of "an important chicken" as long ago as December, despite attempts by British Army brass to keep the prince's presence a secret. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • Prince Harry  • Drudge Report  • Helmand province  • Matt Drudge  • Ministry of Defence

  • February 2008

    • UK Troops Accused of Executing Iraqis

      BBC  |  Feb 22, 08 2:35 PM CST

      UK Troops Accused of Executing Iraqis

      (Newser) - British soldiers killed up to 20 Iraqi captives after a 2004 firefight, say lawyers representing five men taken prisoner that day, the BBC reports. The men—described by their lawyers as laborers, not insurgents—say they heard UK soldiers killing and torturing captives at a British base after the gun battle. The lawyers say soldiers also mutilated corpses. British defense officials deny the allegations. More »

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      Iraq  • United Kingdom  • torture  • Mahdi Army  • British troops  • Scotland Yard  • prisoner of war  • Ministry of Defence

  • October 2007

    • Brits to Study 'Invisible' Brain Injuries

      Guardian (UK)  |  Oct 27, 07 1:48 PM CDT

      Brits to Study 'Invisible' Brain Injuries

      (Newser) - The "invisible" brain injuries that are plaguing as many as 20% of US troops coming home from Iraq are now getting attention in Britain, where the Defence Ministry is launching a major study of returning British troops. The injuries, called "mild traumatic brain injury" (mTBI), are the result of shock waves caused by explosions, and they can lead to memory loss, depression, and anxiety. More »

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      Iraq  • Great Britain  • brain damage  • Ministry of Defence  • traumatic brain injury

  • September 2007
  • April 2007

    • Prince Harry Heads for Iraq

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 27, 07 6:04 AM CDT

      Prince Harry Heads for Iraq

      (Newser) - England's Prince Harry is scheduled to deploy to south-east Iraq with his regiment next month, in spite of misgivings about the high-profile royal becoming a target for insurgents. The British Ministry of Defense continues to support his deployment, saying that holding him back would be a "tremendous propaganda coup" for the enemy. More »

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      Iraq  • insurgents  • British royals  • Prince Harry  • deployment  • Ministry of Defence

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