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Prince Harry: "I killed people with my helicopter in Afghanistan. I love my PLAYSTATION AND XBOX. But this is real people...."
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Prince Harry of England returns home after six months of military training in Afghanistan and involved in a new controversy. Days before completing his mission as Apache helicopter copilot, Harry, aged 28, gave an interview that caused unrest in the British Armed Forces and their statements were rated as "vulgar" by a high command deployed in the Afghan province of Helmand. In addition, several voices belonging to the British political class and peace organizations lamented the unfortunate prince's statements.
Questioned by journalists of the British agency PA while staying at Camp Bastion, the largest British base in Afghanistan, about whether he had killed insurgents from your gunship, Prince Harry said: "Yes, as did many people." "The squad has been out there. Everyone has skyrocketed. If there are people trying to do something bad to our guys, then we let them offside, "the younger son of Lady Di.
As reported by the Ministry of Defence, the mission of "Captain Wales" (as it is known in the military) member of a squadron of 130 people, was to monitor, support the troops of the international coalition fighting the Taliban, escorting British and American appliances in rescue missions and, if necessary, engage in combat.
"We shoot when we have to shoot, but essentially we are more a deterrent than anything else," said the prince, sent to Afghanistan after that, in October, a few photos of her dancing naked in Las Vegas gave around the world. "My role is a joy for me, because I am one of those people who loves to play with the Playstation and Xbox, and so I like to think that in the end with my thumbs últiles I can do things."
Given these statements, a British commander in Helmand told the Daily Mail that Harry's statements are "vulgar" and show a lack of respect for those who risk their lives in that country: "It's not a game, but a very, very real, "he said.
"There are 49 countries with powerful armies failing in the fight against the Mujahideen and now comes the prince and compare this war with its PlayStation games or whatever they call," he said Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban, who called the grandson of Queen of England as a person with "mental problems".
For his part, responsible for the defense of the opposition Labour Party, Jim Murphy, said that Prince Harry again was again "too naive". "Maybe it was more sincere than the Palace would have liked," he said, adding to a cloud of criticism led by several groups and peace organizations.
The coordinator of the coalition "Stop The War", said Lindsey German said that the prince's comments are "stupid" and "arrogant" and wondered "how do you know if those killed were actually Taliban?". "In recent months, many civilians have been killed in air strikes," said German, who believes that the words of the Prince show "arrogant and insensitive to the deaths of Afghans, whoever they are."
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