Prince Harry to be deployed in Afghanistan

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Prince Harry is being urged to apologise in person for wearing a Nazi costume to a fancy dress party.
He has apologised in a statement after being pictured in the Sun newspaper wearing a German desert uniform with swastika armband.

But former royal press spokesman Dicky Arbiter and the Tory leader Michael Howard said that was not good enough.

Clarence House said on Thursday Prince Harry had already publicly apologised and there were no plans to say more.
In his statement the prince said: "I am very sorry if I caused any offence or embarrassment to anyone. It was a poor choice of costume and I apologise."

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gooozooo man mikhasam ino bezanam :evil: :evil:

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halet khobe?

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Vallah sharf in bacheh naneh az kheilia bishtareh...la'aghal ehsaseh vagheisho nesbateh uni keh hes mikoneh,mifahmeh y dark mikoneh,miad injuri neshun mideh...hanuz kheilia hastan..haminjaha dor va varemun keh nemidunan Shiraz kojast va for us dar moredeh siasat harf mizanan..ey baba !!

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Prince Harry and his regiment are to be sent to Iraq despite the security risk his deployment will pose, the government confirmed today.
The defence secretary, Des Browne, outlined the posting to Iraq of Harry's regiment, the Blues and Royals, in a written statement to the Commons.

To protect the prince's safety, Clarence House appealed to the media not to speculate about where he would serve.

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The prince, who is third in line to the throne, will become the first royal to serve a tour of duty in a war zone since his uncle Prince Andrew flew helicopters in the Falklands conflict 25 years ago.

Sources at the Windsor-based Household Cavalry Regiment said the prince was "over the moon".

"He has done all the courses to take his troop to war and it would have been sad if he was pulled out. He joined the regiment to do what the regiment does," they said.

The Sun today reported official doubts about the wisdom of the deployment of the prince, to whom the army refers as Cornet Wales. The paper quoted a senior source as saying: "It is a security nightmare. Harry will be a magnet for suicide bombers. It puts his men in as much risk as him. But we think we've found a way that is safe enough and fair."

Clarence House said in a statement that the prince would carry out a "normal troop commander's role".

It said: "Whilst in Iraq, Cornet Wales will carry out a normal troop commander's role, involving leading a troop of 12 men in four Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicles, each with a crew of three."

It added: "Speculation about precisely where Cornet Wales will serve, or the exact details of his role, is potentially dangerous.

"The Ministry of Defence and Clarence House are writing to ask all media organisations to respect this matter of operational security in order that Cornet Wales can undertake a normal tour of duty, which is his express wish and that of the army."

It is believed that the prince had threatened to leave the army if he were prevented from going to Iraq. Speaking in a television interview in 2005, he said: "If they said 'No, you can't go frontline' then I wouldn't drag my sorry arse through Sandhurst and I wouldn't be where I am now.

"The last thing I want to do is have my soldiers away to Iraq or wherever like that and for me to be held back home."

Today's announcement comes a day after Tony Blair outlined the first step in a phased withdrawal of British forces from the country with the return of some 1,600 troops within months.

Michael Clarke, professor of war studies at King's College London, said the deployment of the third in line to the throne was part of the army's "business as usual" ethos, and that a non-commissioned officer could be assigned to Harry's troop to ensure his safety.

Prof Clarke stressed that Harry's stint in Iraq would be more complicated than his uncle's active service in the Falklands war. "This case will not be as straightforward," he warned. "The operation they are in is not so clear. It's boots on the ground. There's a mix in society that's dangerous."

John Nichol, a former RAF navigator who was shot down in 1991 during the first Gulf war, said it was right the prince should serve on the frontline.

He told GMTV: "If we were not going to allow him to go to war, he shouldn't have gone into the army. He knew what he was getting into, we knew what he was getting into, and his family knew what he was getting into when he joined the army."

He added: "I served 16 years in the military, and I can tell you that there is nothing worse at all than being left behind or put into a role where you are not with the men you would normally serve with."

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وزارت دفاع بريتانيا روز پنجشنبه (26 آوریل) اعلام کرده که برنامه اعزام شاهزاده هری، دومين پسر وليعهد اين کشور به عراق را بازنگری می کند.
چندی پیش وزارت دفاع بریتانیا اعلام کرده بود که هنگ شاهزاده هری بخشی از برنامه های ارتش این کشور برای اعزام نيرو به عراق خواهد بود.

وزارت دفاع بریتانیا گفته است که تصمیم به تجدید نظر در اعزام واحد نظامی شاهزاده هری پس از کشته شدن یازده سرباز این کشور در خونین ترین نبرد نظامیان بریتانیا در عراق گرفته شده است.

در همین حال، تونی بلر، نخست وزیر بریتانیا، گفته است که اگر فرزند او بخواهد در عراق انجام وظیفه کند، او "خوشحال" خواهد بود.

با این نخست وزیر بریتانیا اضافه کرد که وضعیت شاهزاده هری "فقط به ارتش این کشور مربوط می شود."

وزارت دفاع بریتانیا گفته است که موضوع اعزام شاهزاده هری در این وزاتخانه"همواره" در حال بررسی است و تصمیم نهایی با ژنرال ریچارد دانات، فرمانده ارتش بریتانیاست.

شاهزاده هری، 22 ساله، اولين عضو ارشد خانواده سلطنتی پس از عمويش، شاهزاده اندرو است که به ميدان نبرد اعزام می شود. شاهزاده اندرو، دومين پسر ملکه اليزابت، در سال 1982 در جنگ فالکلند شرکت داشت.

شاهزاده هری در ماه آوريل سال گذشته از مدرسه نظامی "سندهرست" فارغ التحصيل شد و در ماه اکتبر آموزش های لازم برای رهبری عمليات تجسسی زرهی را با موفقيت به پايان برد.

همقطاران وی، شاهزاده هری را "فرمانده ارتش ولز" خطاب می کنند. به وليعهد بريتانيا، پدر هری و ويليامز، لقب شاهزاده ولز داده شده است.

شاهزاده هری، بر اساس آموزش هايی که دريافت کرده است می تواند يازده سرباز مجهز به چهار تانک زرهی را برای انجام عمليات تجسسی فرماندهی کند.

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Prince Harry will be a prime kidnap target for insurgents in Iraq, a commander in the Mahdi army, the Shia militia loyal to the radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, has told the Guardian.
"One of our aims is to capture Harry, we have people inside the British bases to inform us on when he will arrive," claimed Abu Mujtaba, who commands a unit of around 50 men active in the Mahdi army in Basra.

In comments denounced by British defence sources as "blatant propaganda", Abu Mujtaba told the Guardian: "We have a special unit that would work to track him down, with informants inside the bases.

"Not only us, the Mahdi army, that will try to capture him, but every person who hates the British and the Americans will try to get him, all the mujahideens in Iraq, the al-Qaida, the Iranians all will try to get him."

The Guardian has seen evidence that Abu Mujtaba has a number of men under his command as well as weaponry including rockets, but there is no independent evidence to substantiate his claims that militias have infiltrated British bases, or established a unit to target Prince Harry.

Abu Mujtaba continued: "For me he is just a British soldier and he should be killed if comes to Iraq, but let's be realistic, we can kill hundreds of British soldiers before forcing them to withdraw - like what's happening with Americans now - but Harry is a bigger catch and we will force the British to come on their knees and talk to us."

A senior Iraqi defence ministry official said that militias could overrun Basra relatively easily because they had successfully infiltrated local security forces. "When the Brits formed these forces they depended on these militias for lists of recruits," he said.

Responding to the threats against Prince Harry, a British defence source said: "This is blatant propaganda from those who aim to tear Iraq apart. These threats will not prevent British forces from doing their vital work of building up the Iraqi security forces and helping them to face down those perpetuating violence against the Iraqi people."

The Ministry of Defence yesterday maintained its previous official line, that Prince Harry's deployment on a six-month tour to south-eastern Iraq with his regiment, the Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry, was under "constant consideration". It added: "It remains our intention that Prince Harry will be deployed as a troop leader."

The Blues and Royals are part of a mechanised brigade to be deployed next month. They will carry out reconnaissance using armoured cars. Reports that an attack by a roadside bomb on an armoured vehicle in Maysan province last week that killed two British soldiers was a "dry run" for an attempt on the prince's life were treated with scepticism yesterday by senior defence sources. However, it was the first time British soldiers have been killed in that type of vehicle in south-eastern Iraq by hostile action and security has been stepped up in the areas where the Blues and Royals will be based.

Defence officials and military commanders are becoming agitated by the intense media coverage of Prince Harry's planned deployment. They argue that it encourages insurgents and militia in Iraq to escalate their propaganda war as well as increase the risks surrounding the prince's deployment. Commanders are concerned that the deployment may increase the threat to all his regimental colleagues, and even to all British troops in the area.

A final decision whether or not to deploy the prince will be taken by General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the army. While in Iraq, the prince - known as Cornet Wales - would carry out a troop commander's role, involving leading a troop of 12 men in four armoured reconnaissance vehicles, each with a crew of three.

April has been the bloodiest month for British service personnel in south-eastern Iraq since the invasion four years ago with 11 killed so far.

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فرمانده ارتش بریتانیا تایید کرده است که شاهزاده هری، پسر ولیعهد بریتانیا، همراه با هنگی که در آن خدمت می کند به عراق اعزام خواهد شد.
ژنرال ریچارد دانات گفت که شخصا چنین تصمیمی گرفته است اما تاکید کرد که موضوع همچنان تحت بررسی باقی خواهد ماند.

وی خواستار پایان "گمانه زنی های کم و بیش التهاب آمیز رسانه ای پیرامون این مساله" شد چرا که به گفته وی "به نفع کلیه افراد ما در عراق در این مقطع خواهد بود."

با توجه به آنچه به نظر می رسد بدتر شدن تنش ها در عراق باشد نگرانی هایی در مورد ایمنی شاهزاده هری وجود دارد.

ژنرال دانات گفت: "تصمیم گرفته شده است که او مستقر شود. البته من این تصمیم را همچنان تحت بررسی خواهم داشت، و اگر شرایط طوری باشد که لازم به تغییر این تصمیم شوم، بیانیه دیگری صادر خواهم کرد."

وزارت دفاع بریتانیا ابتدا در ماه فوریه اعلام کرد که هنگ شاهزاده هری بخشی از برنامه های ارتش این کشور برای اعزام نیرو به عراق خواهد بود.


شاهزاده هری، ۲۲ ساله، اولین عضو ارشد خانواده سلطنتی پس از عمویش، شاهزاده اندرو خواهد بود که به میدان نبرد اعزام می شود. شاهزاده اندرو، دومین پسر ملکه الیزابت، در سال ۱۹۸۲ در جنگ فالکلند شرکت داشت



شاهزاده هری همواره تمایل خود را برای خدمت در مناطق جنگی اعلام کرده است، اما کشته شدن ۱۲ سرباز بریتانیا در ماه جاری در عراق، که یکی از خونین ترین حوادث برای این نیروها از زمان آغاز جنگ عراق بود، باعث افزایش نگرانی ها نسبت به ایمنی وی و سربازان تحت فرمان او شد.

شاهزاده هری که ۲۲ سال دارد در آموزش های تمهیدی شرکت کرده است. وی به عنوان افسر، ۱۱ سرباز را در عملیات تجسسی با چهار نفربری زرهی هر یک با سه خدمه هدایت خواهد کرد.
منتقدان می گویند خطراتی که متوجه شاهزاده هری است خیلی زیاد است اما سایرین بر این نظرند که شورشیان قادر به پی بردن به محل دقیق استقرار او نخواهند بود.

تصور می شود که وی همواره اصرار کرده باشد که نباید به خاطر موقعیتش با او برخورد متفاوتی از دیگران در پیش گرفته شود.

شاهزاده هری، ۲۲ ساله، اولین عضو ارشد خانواده سلطنتی پس از عمویش، شاهزاده اندرو خواهد بود که به میدان نبرد اعزام می شود. شاهزاده اندرو، دومین پسر ملکه الیزابت، در سال ۱۹۸۲ در جنگ فالکلند شرکت داشت.

شاهزاده هری در ماه آوریل سال گذشته از مدرسه نظامی "سندهرست" فارغ التحصیل شد و در ماه اکتبر آموزش های لازم برای رهبری عملیات تجسسی زرهی را با موفقیت به پایان برد.

همقطاران وی، شاهزاده هری را "فرمانده ارتش ولز" خطاب می کنند. به ولیعهد بریتانیا، پدر هری و ویلیامز، لقب شاهزاده ولز داده شده است.

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بلاتكليفي شاهزادگان نظامي

سئوال داغ اين هفته اين بود كه شاهزاده هري، پسر دوم شاهزاده چارلز، وليعهد بريتانيا و نفر سوم در پشت تاج و تخت پادشاهي متحد به عراق اعزام بشود يا نه.

بحث بر سر اعزام شاهزاده هري به عراق اول در روزنامه ها شروع شد
شاهزاده هري كه در دانشكده معروف سن هرست فنون نظامي آموخته و با درجه ستوان دوم در نيروي زميني خدمت مي كند، به گفته چند 'منبع نزديك' گفته كه نه از مرگ مي ترسد و نه از جنگ و گريز جاري در بصره و حوالي آن كه محل اصلي اسقرار نيروهاي بريتانيا در خاك عراق است.

بحث بر سر اعزام شاهزاده به عراق اول در روزنامه ها شروع شد و نه سخنگوي وزارت دفاع در اين باره چيزي گفت و نه ستاد ارتش.

چند روزنامه با اشاره به يك سايت اينترنتي به ظاهر نزديك به پيكار جويان شيعه در جنوب عراق كه نوشته بود برنامه اي براي ربودن ستوان دوم هري چيده اند تا گوشهاي بريده اش را براي اليزابت دوم، ملكه بريتانيا و مادر بزرگ اين شاهزاده نظامي بفرستند، به دربار و دولت توصيه كردند كه از اعزام شاهزاده هري به عراق صرفنظر كنند.

و باز همان 'منابع نزديك' به شاهزاده، به روزنامه ها خبر دادند كه تهديد كرده اگر به عراق اعزام نشود از خدمت در ارتش كناره گيري خواهد كرد.

اين ادعاي دست دوم فورا تكذيب شد ولي باز معلوم نشد كه نظر خانواده سلطنتي و دولت و فرماندهان ارتش در اين باره چيست.

روزنامه و رسانه هاي ديگر از اين فرصت و انتظار بهره برداري كردند و در مقاله و پاورقي و فيلم هاي مستند تلويزيوني تاريخچه حضور اعضاي خانواده سلطنتي بريتانيا در جبهه هاي جنگ را مرور كردند.

در 1914 در جريان جنگ جهاني اول شاهزاده ادوارد كه بعد با نام ادوارد هشتم تاجگذاري كرد از ستاد ارتش خواست تا او را به جبهه هاي جنگ در فرانسه بفرستد.

ولي لرد كيچينر، وزير جنگ اين تقاضا را رد كرد. شاهزاده ادوارد تقاضاي تجديد نظر كرد و به او گفتند: "دولت و ارتش حاضر به قبول خطر ربوده شدن شما توسط دشمن نيستند."

عاقبت به ادوارد اجازه دادند چند بار فقط از جبهه هاي جنگ بازديد كند.

تنها شاهزاده اي كه در قرن بيستم عملا در جنگ شركت كرد، شاهزاده اندرو، پسر دوم ملكه و عموي شاهزاده هري است كه در1982 در جريان جنگ بريتانيا با آرژانتين براي بازپس گرفتن جزاير فالكلند در جنوب اقيانوس اطلس خلبان هلي كوپتر در نيروي دريايي بود.

عضو ديگر خانواده سلطنتي كه وارد خدمت نظام شده ولي محال است در جنگي شركت كند، شاهزاده ويليام، پسر ارشد چارلز وليعهد و برادر بزرگتر هري است.

ويليام كه بعد از پدرش، نفر دوم در پشت تاج و تخت ايستاده مي داند كه نه به عراق اعزام خواهد شد و نه به افغانستان و چون انتظار مي رود خدمت نظام را ترك كند، مسئله به خودي خود حل است.

سئوال بدون پاسخ در اين است كه اگر اعضاي نظامي خانواده سلطنتي بريتانيا هرگز به جبهه جنگ اعزام نخواهند شد، پس چرا به مدرسه نظام مي روند؟ چون گذراندن دوره دانشكده افسري كار آساني نيست و حقوق و مزاياي يك افسر دون پايه هم چنگي به دل نمي زند.

حتما ابهت لباس نظامي پوشيدن و در مراسم رژه شركت كردن بايد نقشي در اين تصميم داشته باشد.

سئوال ديگري كه بدون پاسخ مانده اين است كه آيا واقعا شاهزادگاني كه در ناز و نعمت و آسايش پرورش يافته اند مي توانند سختي ها و بي خوابي هاي جدال واقعي را تحمل كنند.

شايد براي اعضاي جوانتر خانواده سلطنتي بد نباشد كه به 'ريچارد سوم' اثر ويليام شكسپير نامي ترين درام نويس دنياي انگليسي زبان مراجعه كنند. در اين اثر كلاسيك و تراژيك مي خوانيم كه وقتي ريچارد سوم خود را در محاصره دشمن مي بيند با التماس فرياد مي زند: "يك اسب به من بدهيد و ملكم مال شما".

درباره ماموريت شاهزاده هري در عراق، وزارت دفاع تصميم نهايي را به عهده ستاد ارتش گذاشت و اواسط هفته ژنرال سر ريچارد دانت، رئيس ستاد نيروهاي مسلح گفت ستوان دوم هري با گروه خود به عراق اعزام خواهد شد ولي ماهيت ماموريت او اعلام نشد.

به احتمال زياد ماموريت هري در جبهه نخواهد بود و مسئوليتي دفتري در ستاد فرماندهي به او سپرده خواهد شد.

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ye seri az sarbaza goftan ke mikoshanesh :O

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پسر ولیعهد بریتانیا به عراق اعزام نمی شود


شاهزاد هری حدود يک سال پيش مدرسه نظامی را به پايان برد
فرمانده ارتش بریتانیا روز چهارشنبه (16 مه) اعلام کرد شاهزاده هری، پسر ولیعهد بریتانیا، همراه با هنگی که در آن خدمت می کند به عراق اعزام نخواهد شد.
ژنرال ریچارد دانات گفت در آخرین سفری که به عراق داشته مطلع شده که در این کشور خطراتی مستقیما متوجه شاهزاده هری و همراهان او خواهد بود. وی گفت که شاهزاده هری از شنیدن این خبر بسیار ناراحت خواهد شد.

فرمانده ارتش بریتانیا اواخر ماه آوریل گفته بود که نوه ملکه بریتانیا به عراق اعزام خواهد شد اما تاکید کرده بود که این تصمیم همچنان تحت بررسی باقی خواهد ماند.

ظاهرا مقامات با توجه به آنچه بدتر شدن تنش ها در عراق ارزیابی شده است، در مورد ایمنی شاهزاده هری نگران بوده اند.

وزارت دفاع بریتانیا ابتدا در ماه فوریه اعلام کرد که هنگ شاهزاده هری بخشی از برنامه های ارتش این کشور برای اعزام نیرو به عراق خواهد بود.


شاهزاده اندروف دومین پسر ملکه بریتانیا آخرین عضو ارشد خانواده سلطنتی بوده که به میدان نبرد اعزام شد. شاهزاده اندرو در سال ۱۹۸۲ در جنگ فالکلند شرکت داشت



شاهزاده هری همواره تمایل خود را برای خدمت در مناطق جنگی اعلام کرده است، اما کشته شدن ۱۲ سرباز بریتانیا در ماه آوریل در عراق، که یکی از خونین ترین حوادث برای این نیروها از زمان آغاز جنگ عراق بود، باعث افزایش نگرانی ها نسبت به ایمنی وی و سربازان تحت فرمان او شد.

شاهزاده هری که ۲۲ سال دارد در آموزش های تمهیدی شرکت کرده است. وی به عنوان افسر، ۱۱ سرباز را در عملیات تجسسی با چهار نفربری زرهی هر یک با سه خدمه هدایت خواهد کرد.
منتقدان می گویند خطراتی که متوجه شاهزاده هری است خیلی زیاد است اما سایرین بر این نظرند که شورشیان قادر به پی بردن به محل دقیق استقرار او نخواهند بود.

تصور می شود که وی همواره اصرار کرده باشد که نباید به خاطر موقعیتش با او برخورد متفاوتی از دیگران در پیش گرفته شود.

آخرین عضو ارشد خانواده سلطنتی که در عملیات نظامی شرکت داشت شاهزاده اندرو، دومین پسر ملکه بریتانیا و عموی شاهزاده هری بود که به میدان نبرد اعزام می شود. شاهزاده اندرو، دومین پسر ملکه الیزابت، در سال ۱۹۸۲ در جنگ فالکلند شرکت داشت.

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Army chiefs want to find a way of letting Prince Harry fulfil his dream of seeing frontline action.

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Desperate to repair the public relations disaster caused by the decision not to send him to Iraq, they are trying to find him a secret war role by switching him to another unit.

There are two options: he could be deployed to a United Nations force, which would enable him to serve in trouble spots in Africa or Bosnia, where there is a smaller risk of being directly targeted by insurgents. The other would be to switch him to another regiment so that he could see action in Afghanistan.

Military sources said they would find a way for him to enter and leave the conflict area without the public finding out until he was safely home.

Until then Harry, 22, may have to spend time with colleagues injured and at the end of their careers as Army chiefs wrestle with what to do with him.

He will now join his brother William in D Squadron of the Blues and Royals, a holding unit destined never to go to war. The squadron, which has far fewer men than his original A squadron, is made up of injured soldiers unfit to serve or those preparing to leave the regiment.

The Army's U-turn on sending him to Iraq came after a detailed report by British commanders on the ground suggesting he would be deliberately targeted by splinter groups directly paid and supplied by Iran.

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Despite assurances by Clarence House that Harry will not quit the Army as a result of the decision, it has left him "devastated" and reconsidering his long-term military career, according to senior sources. The dilemma for the Army is how to ensure that the Prince has a fulfilling career without leaving him open to the sort of danger he would have faced in Iraq.

If he stays with the Blues and Royals, the only other immediate possibility of performing an operational tour of duty would be in Afghanistan - which would have exposed him as a target to insurgents in exactly the same way as Iraq.

The difficulty has been compounded by the fact that the A and B squadrons of his regiment have already been sent to Iraq, while the other active unit, C Squadron, is to be sent to Afghanistan "imminently".

One source close to the Prince said: "It is going to play on his mind - 'why am I doing all this training if I am not going to use it?' And it is a valid question.

"Harry wants to be taken seriously as a professional soldier - this decision makes that almost impossible."

William is to leave the Blues and Royals in a few months to join the RAF and the Royal Navy for short periods as part of the preparation for his future role as head of the Armed Forces. Royal sources have suggested this as a possible option for Harry as well.

If Harry is transferred to the UN, that would allow him to serve in a trouble spot such as Darfur.

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Until a decision is made about his future, Harry is expected to keep a low profile. His girlfriend Chelsy Davy is understood to be in London, but Harry is under strict orders to avoid adverse publicity by being seen out at nightclubs.

The Army's volte-face has left the soldiers who were under Harry's command - and who had to wait in the UK while their colleagues went to Iraq ahead of them - feeling disgruntled, according to a source.

He said: "Some of Harry's troop are a bit p****d off by this. Harry told the guys he was definitely going. They have had to hang around.

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"Now they've got to get used to a new troop commander once one is found. It is a bit of shambles." Reg Keys - whose 20-year-old son Thomas was killed while on active service in Basra in 2003 - said Harry should now resign.

"It would appear that Harry's life is more valuable than my son or the other nearly 150 service personnel who've given their lives," he said. "They will think they've scared us off."

The final decision not to send Harry came after the assessment of the commanders on the ground was endorsed by Lt General Nick Houghton, the Joint Operations Commander in the UK.

Both the head of the Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, and the Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, have visited Basra in the past week to consult-with the British commanders there before coming to a final decision about the prince.

They were briefed about the spate of attacks by gangsters and Shia extremists, outside the mainstream Shia militias, who appear now to be directly sponsored by elements of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran.

General Sir Richard Dannatt said the prince's deployment would pose an "unacceptable" threat to him and his men. "There have been a number of specific threats, some reported, some not reported, which relate directly to Prince Harry as an individual," he said.

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شاهزاده انگليس به جاي عراق به افغانستان مي*رود

شاهزاده هري انگليس كه عضو ارتش اين كشور بوده و هفته گذشته از پيوستن به سربازان انگليسي در عراق منع شده بود، احتمالا به افغانستان اعزام مي*شود.
به گزارش فارس، روزنامه «نيوز آو د ورلد» انگليس اعلام كرد اطلاعاتي را درباره طرح*هاي اين ستوان دوم گردان سلطنتي در اختيار دارد.



پيش از اين اعلام شده بود شاهزاده هري به دليل خطرات موجود در عراق از سوي افراد مسلح به اين كشور اعزام نخواهد شد.
بر اساس اين گزارش، پرنس هري پيش از سال 2008 به افغانستان اعزام مي*شود و ممكن است به واحد فرماندهي ناتو بپيوندد.



وي عمليات* كمتر خطرناك را انجام داده و مدال مبارزه را پس از 30 روز خدمت دريافت خواهد كرد.

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London, May 21: After the British Army ruled out Prince Harry's deployment in the insurgency-hit Iraq, reports have indicated that the Royal is likely to be sent to Afghanistan.

The Prince, who is third in line to the British throne after his father, Prince Charles and elder brother, Prince William, was stopped from serving in Iraq due to threats to his life and also the risk involved for his regiment due to his presence.

Insurgents have named Harry as their target which made the British military to re-think about their decision to deploy the Prince in the war-struck country.

The 22-year-old officer is likely to join the fight against the Taliban, a British tabloid claimed. The newspaper, however, did not give any further details about the plan. The news has not been confirmed by official sources.

Harry is a second lieutenant in the elite Blues and Royals regiment of the British Army's Household Cavalry. He is responsible for 11 soldiers and four Scmitar reconnaissance vehicles.

Army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt blocked him from being sent to southern Iraq, due to threats against his life that would put his men in "unacceptable" danger.

Reports claimed that militants planned to hit both British camps in southern Iraq with chlorine bombs - which kill victims by burning their lungs - to be certain of getting the young Prince.

Cornet Wales, the name used for Harry in the Army, is set to be posted to Afghanistan before 2008 and could be seconded to join a NATO command unit, the newspaper said. He would carry out low-risk operations and earn a campaign medal after serving for 30 days, it said.

NATO troops are spread out across Afghanistan and therefore Prince Harry could serve at any one of a large number of locations across the stride-torn country.

"He will probably serve as a very junior watch-keeper, possibly working through the night," a senior army source was quoted as saying.

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Prince Harry has been secretly serving in Afghanistan with British troops since December, it emerged today.

The news of his operational posting leaked out following the breakdown of a news blackout agreement with the media when the story was posted on the US-based Drudge Report website.

The Drudge Report said it had taken the information from a story last month in an Australian women's magazine, New Idea.

The chief of the general staff, Sir Richard Dannatt, who is head of the British army, expressed disappointment over the leak.

"I am very disappointed that foreign websites have decided to run this story without consulting us," he said.

"This is in stark contrast to the highly responsible attitude that the whole of the UK print and broadcast media, along with a small number overseas, who have entered into an understanding with us over the coverage of Prince Harry on operations."

Dannatt, who had opposed Harry's deployment to Iraq, went on to praise the prince's performance on deployment.

"His conduct on operations in Afghanistan has been exemplary," the general said. "He has been fully involved in operations and has run the same risks as everyone else in his battle group."

"In deciding to deploy him to Afghanistan, it was my judgment that, with an understanding with the media not to broadcast his whereabouts, the risk in doing so was manageable," Dannatt went on.

"Now that the story is in the public domain, the chief of defence staff and I will take advice from the operational commanders about whether his deployment can continue."

The 23-year-old prince flew out to Afghanistan on December 14 to begin a planned four-month tour of duty. He has been living and working there in a heavily fortified army base in Helmand province.

Operating out of the base, known as Forward Operating Base Delhi, Cornet Wales, as he is known in the army, has been working as a forward air controller (FAC) and is responsible for coordinating air support and aviation across the area, calling in fast jets to drop 500lb (227kg) bombs on enemy positions.

He has been fighting what he calls "Terry Taliban" and revelling in the chance to be "normal" like other soldiers. In interviews, the prince, whose job was to monitor enemy soldiers' movements transmitted on to screens nicknamed Kill TV, said: "Terry Taliban and his mates, as soon as they hear air they go to ground, which makes life a little bit tricky. So having something that gives you a visual feedback from way up means … we can follow them."

Like his brother, Prince William, Harry had trained with the Blues and Royals to be a troop leader of a group of four to six Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicles that usually operate on the frontline. However, he retrained to become what is in effect an air traffic controller after being refused permission to fight in Iraq.

Dannatt, however, decided it was too risky, both for Harry and his fellow soldiers, to allow the prince to go to Iraq.

"A contributing factor to the threat to Prince Harry has been the widespread knowledge and discussion of his deployment," he said at the time. "This close scrutiny has exacerbated the situation and this is something I wish to avoid in the future."

Details of Harry's deployment were blacked out, with all forms of British media signing up to a reporting embargo. Close friends and many senior generals were also not aware of the prince's plans, in a bid to prevent the Taliban being inadvertently alerted.

In an interview with the press just before his Afghan deployment, the prince said: "I would never want to put someone else's life in danger when they have to sit next to the bullet magnet.

"Other people got information that suggested that, not only was my life in danger, but the people I served with - me being there may up the ante, rather than two contacts a day it would be six or seven. That was a risk that they weren't willing to take, which I completely accepted."

The prince said he considered leaving the army after the Iraq decision. When told by his grandmother, the Queen, that he would be going to Afghanistan, he said he felt "a bit of excitement, a bit of "phew, finally get the chance to actually do the soldiering I wanted to do from ever since I joined".

The MoD denied the role had been created for the prince, claiming he had been selected because the officer previously in the role needed a break after serving in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Prince Harry is on his way back to the UK after a news leak led to him being withdrawn 10 weeks into a deployment to the front line in Afghanistan.
The 23-year-old left on a flight on Friday evening amid concerns he would be a Taleban target if he stayed.

His tour had been the subject of an agreed news blackout by some media, but news was broken by a foreign website.

The Prince of Wales and Prince William will meet Harry when he arrives at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.

Harry said he was enjoying being in Afghanistan, away from the British media.

Speaking before his withdrawal from Helmand province, the third-in-line to the throne said he would relish another front-line posting.

"It's something I would love to do," he said.

"I don't want to sit around Windsor, because I generally don't like England that much and it's nice to be away from all the press and the papers."

'Taste of life'

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defence has refused to be drawn on press speculation that his brother, Prince William, will be deployed on board a warship after his Royal Navy training later this year.

"It's our intention to give Prince William as full a taste of life in the Royal Navy as possible, which may include time on board a warship," a spokesman said.

"It's MoD policy not to discuss details of any individual's deployment or service".

Brize Norton station commander Malcolm Brecht said Prince Harry was one of many soldiers returning home at the same time.

He told BBC News: "There's nothing special today actually, this is routine.


HAVE YOUR SAY Prince Harry is a trained soldier. I'm in the service too and I'm pleased for him that he was allowed to go
Deborah, Hampshire, UK
Send us your comments"We have pretty much daily flights from Iraq and Afghanistan and he's one of many passengers coming back through here today, between 700 and 800. We look forward to welcoming them all back."

Prince Harry, who was secretly sent to Afghanistan in December, was ordered out of the country by defence chiefs on Friday.

He was put on a troop transport plane with about 170 personnel, most of them returning home having completed their tours of duty.

The Household Cavalry officer was picked up from manoeuvres and flown to a base at Kandahar to join his flight back to RAF Brize Norton, where he is expected to arrive just before 1000 GMT.

Earlier on Friday, the Ministry of Defence described the reporting of Harry's deployment by foreign media as "regrettable" but said that contingency plans for such a leak had been in place.

Chief of the Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, in consultation with the head of the Army, General Sir Richard Dannatt, had taken the final decision to withdraw Harry immediately, it said in a statement.

"This decision has been taken primarily on the basis that the worldwide media coverage of Prince Harry in Afghanistan could impact on the security of those who are deployed there, as well as the risks to him as an individual soldier."

Queen's praise

Prince Harry had been based in a former madrassa along with a Gurkha regiment.

Work involved calling up allied air cover in support of ground forces and going out on foot patrols.

The Queen, opening the Queen's Court Care Home in Windsor on Friday, said she believed her grandson had done "a good job in a very difficult climate".

THE EDITORS' BLOG

A news black-out is unusual, but not unique

Jon Williams,
World news editor, BBC News


Jon's comments in full

The prince's deployment was subject to a news blackout deal struck between the MoD and newspapers and broadcasters in the UK and abroad.

It is understood that the news was first leaked in an Australian publication in January but only after it had appeared on the influential US website, The Drudge Report, did the deal break down.

In exchange for not reporting the prince's deployment, some media organisations were granted access to the prince in Afghanistan for interviews and filming.

The prince's withdrawal is the second major blow to his army career.

Last year, a planned tour to Iraq had to be cancelled at the last minute because of fears about his and his colleagues' security.