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For Britain's Young Princes,
a Role Reversal

Apr 24, 2008 10:06 PM CDT

For Britain's Young Princes, a Role Reversal

Harry's Afghan tour, Wills' chopper antics flop public perception

(Newser) - It seems like only yesterday that William was Britain's standup prince, brother Harry the misled stoner in an SS uniform. But after revelations that William landed his RAF helicopter on his girlfriend’s lawn, and that the younger Harry served actual combat in Afghanistan, the tables have turned, the AP...

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

Apr 15, 2008 5:48 AM CDT

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

Record compensation for teen shot by dropped rifle

(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...

Harry Praised
by US Pilots

Mar 16, 2008 11:19 AM CDT

Harry Praised by US Pilots

F-15 flyers note composure of then unknown Brit who called in airstrikes

(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...

Prince Harry Should Have Stayed

OPINION

Mar 12, 2008 9:11 AM CDT

Prince Harry Should Have Stayed

Christopher Hitchens asks what threat he posed others

(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...

Prince Harry: I'm No Hero

Mar 2, 2008 8:14 AM CST

Prince Harry: I'm No Hero

Praises fellow soldiers, wants to return 'very, very soon'

(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...

Prince Harry Arrives Home After Deployment

UPDATED

Mar 1, 2008 7:31 AM CST

Prince Harry Arrives Home After Deployment

Young royal flourished under adverse conditions of battle

(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...

Secret No More: Prince Harry's
in Afghanistan

Feb 28, 2008 1:47 PM CST

Secret No More: Prince Harry's in Afghanistan

UK press promised silence, but foreign media leaked story

(Newser) - Prince Harry is indeed in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban, the BBC reports. The news was leaked by foreign media and confirmed by the UK government despite a press agreement to stay mum on Harry’s military service. The prince, nicknamed “bullet magnet,” said he appreciates frontline duty: “...

NATO & Afghan Forces
Rout Taliban

Dec 11, 2007 2:35 AM CST

NATO & Afghan Forces Rout Taliban

Taliban leaves stronghold as UK Prime Minister arrives

(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...

Britain's Longest Campaign Ends

Jul 30, 2007 5:27 AM CDT

Britain's Longest Campaign Ends

Brit Army campaign in Northern Ireland shuts down

(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.