Prince Harry deployed in Afghanistan

Big News Network.com Thursday 28th February, 2008

It has been revealed by British Army sources that Prince Harry has been secretly serving in Afghanistan with British troops since December.

The UK Ministry of Defence decided to made the announcement after several media organisations published the story after agreeing not to.

Harry, 23, the son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and third in line to the British throne, is in Helmand, a dangerous region of southern Afghanistan.

Harry has been working as an air controller helping to coordinate air support and general aviation.

UK Army representatives say he has also conducted dangerous foot patrols and been involved in firing on suspected enemy combatants.

The prince has already spent two months in Afghanistan and may be there for four months or more.

Last year, plans to send him to Iraq were scrapped following threats from Iraqi militants to kidnap or kill him.

The army posted him to Afghanistan only after the British and selected members of the international media agreed not to report his presence until he had returned from his deployment.

But a German newspaper, an American website and an Australian magazine ran the story concurrently on Thursday.