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  • September 2008

    • Prince William Will Fly to the Rescue

      BBC  |  Sep 15, 08 1:27 PM CDT

      Prince William Will Fly to the Rescue

      (Newser) - Prince William’s next military stint  will be as a search-and-rescue pilot for the Royal Air Force, the BBC reports. Having served with the army and navy, the prince learned to fly with the RAP this year and said today, "I now want to build on the experience and training I have received to serve operationally." The 26-year-old prince starts 18 months of training in January. More »

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      Great Britain  • British royals  • Prince William  • Prince Charles  • British Army  • Royal Air Force  • Royal Navy

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Harry Praised by US Pilots

      Air Force Times  |  Mar 16, 08 11:19 AM CDT

      Harry Praised by US Pilots

      (Newser) - American F-15 fighter pilots were impressed with the composure of the British soldier who called in air cover on Taliban entrenchments in Afghanistan in December. But for 2 months Capt. Ben Donberg and Col. Dan DeBree had no idea that "Widow Six Seven" was actually Britain's Prince Harry calling in his first airstrikes, the Air Force Times reports. More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • airstrike  • Prince Harry  • US Air Force  • Helmand province  • British Army

    • Prince Harry Should Have Stayed

      Slate  |  Mar 12, 08 9:11 AM CDT

      Prince Harry Should Have Stayed

      (Newser) - When Matt Drudge revealed to the world Prince Harry was in Afghanistan, there he should have stayed, writes Christopher Hitchens for Slate. It's "piffle" to think that his royal highness was a "bullet magnet" in Helmand province, already one of the most dangerous places on Earth for any Western soldier. Even if the jihadists wanted to, Hitchens reasons, they couldn't "bring extra firepower to bear." More »

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      Afghanistan  • War on Terror  • war  • Prince Harry  • British troops  • Drudge Report  • Helmand province  • Matt Drudge  • British Army  • Buckingham Palace

    • Prince Harry: I'm No Hero

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Mar 2, 08 8:14 AM CST

      Prince Harry: I'm No Hero

      (Newser) - In a revealing interview with the British press, Prince Harry spoke yesterday of his stint in Afghanistan as one of the happiest times of his life, and said he "generally" doesn't "like England that much." The third-in-line to the British throne insisted he's not a hero, and talked emotionally of two wounded soldiers who flew home with him. "Those are the heroes, guys who had been blown up by a mine serving their country. It is a bit of a choke in your throat," he said.   More »

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      Afghanistan  • England  • British royals  • Prince William  • Prince Harry  • Prince Charles  • British Army

    • Prince Harry Arrives Home After Deployment

      CNN  |  Mar 1, 08 7:31 AM CST

      Prince Harry Arrives Home After Deployment

      (Newser) - Prince Harry is back home after an abrupt end to his hitherto unreported Afghanistan deployment, CNN reports. The frustrated royal had earlier rued his return. "I don't want to sit around in Windsor," Harry, third in line to the throne, had told the Telegraph . "But I generally don't like England that much. It's nice to be away from all the press and the papers." More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • British royals  • Prince Harry  • British Army  • Windsor

  • February 2008
  • December 2007

    • NATO & Afghan Forces Rout Taliban

      New York Times  |  Dec 11, 07 2:35 AM CST

      NATO & Afghan Forces Rout Taliban

      (Newser) - Taliban troops retreated from their last major stronghold in the southern town of Musa Qala in Afghanistan yesterday, ceding control to NATO and Afghan troops, the New York Times reports. After heavy bombardment and a troop attack, the Taliban was overcome by "heavy casualties," said a local police chief. "The Taliban are gone." More »

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      Afghanistan  • Taliban  • Gordon Brown  • NATO  • British Army  • Afghan Army  • Musa Qala

  • July 2007

    • Britain's Longest Campaign Ends

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 30, 07 5:27 AM CDT

      Britain's Longest Campaign Ends

      (Newser) - The British Army's military campaign in Northern Ireland comes to an end at midnight tomorrow—after 38 years of bloodshed. It's  the longest conflict in the army's history. Some 300,000 military personnel served; casualties included 763 soldiers, and 309 civilians  and members of paramilitary groups.  More »

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      Great Britain  • United Kingdom  • Ireland  • Northern Ireland  • British Army  • IRA

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