BREAKING: CNN broadcasts worldwide that Prince

[Subdivisions]

Harry has been SECRETLY serving in Afghanistan.

What a bunch of goddamned treacherous morons. I know he's not ours, but what is the wisdom of telling the fucking world where Prince Harry, a member of the royal family of our ally, is?

I really hate the way the "future" has turned out.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Whew, that's a relief

I thought this was about Prince.

[MissB]

7. .

:rofl:

I did have the exact same thought until I clicked the message.

[TheDebbieDee]

11. Oh, you are baaaaaaaaaaad. So, so bad!

[gollygee]

23. LOL I thought the same thing

:D

[TwilightGardener]

2. Why broadcast that now? Is that important for us to know, more important

than his and his unit's safety, to get the scoop? Morans!

[Eurobabe]

3. Ah, maybe that's where Jena and her soon to be hubby are headed

I heard they would be honeymooning in Europe. I'm sure after they are done, they'll be heading to Afghanistan too.

:sarcasm: :eyes: :sarcasm:

[babylonsister]

4. MSNBC also; might as well paint a bullseye on his back. nt

[damntexdem]

17. On the front, too. Great idea!

Let fewer bullets fly toward some poor slob who joined the Brit military because of poverty.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Blame it on Bild, 'New Idea' and Drudge Report

The Prince has been on active duty in the country since mid-December but his three-month deployment has not been reported because of a Ministry of Defence agreement with news organisations, including The Times.
...
But Drudge Report, an American news website, broke the news today of Harry's deployment in a front page item. It said: "They're calling him 'Harry the Hero!'"

Drudge Report said that Harry had been "fighting in Afghanistan since late December -- and has been directly involved in battle".

It added that an Australian magazine New Idea and the German daily Bild have broken world embargoes on the development. CNN had also "debated internally on the merits of reporting Harry at war".

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3454535.ece

[Dogmudgeon]

6. Bully for Harry!

We all know he's patriotic and populist. Now bring his ass back home. He's a sitting duck and making his unit a target for every suicidal jihadi in the area.

--p!

[eShirl]

8. hold on.. maybe he's *actually* in Iraq

"he went that-a-way" -------->

[THUNDER HANDS]

9. CNN isn't the problem

the problem is with whoever leaked the information to CNN.

[Coexist]

10. I'm so proud of him, and I am a born 'n raised American.

I love the way British Royalty doesn't hide in "secure, undisclosed" locations, and the P.M. has to stand and take it from the opposition.

[Celtic_88]

13. Harry

Typical Royal Family B.S. to keep it from the press.
Glad he went, but a Target for his unit.

[Greeby]

14. Opposition? What's that?

Must have been something from before this Englishman's time

[Swede]

12. Dammit,he is putting his fellow soldiers in jeopardy.

What a price he will have on his head.

[damntexdem]

15. Oh, let them shoot at the royal. Maybe it will draw some fire from poor folks.

The royal family, of an ally or of an enemy, is of no concern to me.

[goforit]

16. Whoopy doo doo!!

[MonkeyFunk]

18. CNN didn't break it

evidently Drudge did.

I suspect they'll have to pull him out now.

[slackmaster]

19. You had me going there

[The Stranger]

20. Isn't that what princes re supposed to do? Go fight wars and dragons and things?

[harun]

21. Drudgereport leaked it so the rest of them did the same (n/t)

[erpowers]

22. Drudge

Drudge and a few other foreign newwpapers leaked the report about Prince Harry first. I think CNN was just responding to the fact that the British military finally acknowledged that Prince Harry was there after Drudge and the others leaked the infromation.

[taterguy]

24. Add me to the long list of people that are annoyed by your OP

If you just type "Prince" everyone is going to assume that you're talking about the musician.

What the fuck were you thinking? Or not thinking?

[malaise]

25. Here's a complete report

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7269743.stm

<snip>
The deployment was subject to a news blackout deal, which broke down after being leaked by foreign media.

Chief of the General Staff Sir Richard Dannatt, who is head of the British Army, said he was disappointed the news had leaked.

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

"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."

[TexasObserver]

26. What next?! his longitude and latitude? A GPS chip for him?

How dumb is it to spotlight a Prince?

I think royalty is obnoxious, but I don't want them made targets, either.

[RainDog]

27. it's the front story on today's guardian uk - bet that's the source n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

29. No, it's just the top story now

Australian magazine "New Idea" reported it in January (not sure how they worded it); in Germany, Bild reported it as a possibility a couple of days ago; then Drudge broke it as a certainty - which was when everyone else gave up the blackout.

[mitchtv]

28. Royal parasite

BFD.

[Lex]

30. kick

:kick: