By:
John Amato on Friday, February 29th, 2008 at 7:00 PM - PST
The 23-year-old prince was posted in mid-December to the restive Helmand province of southern Afghanistan under a cloak of secrecy following an unusual agreement reached between the media and the army.
However, the arrangement collapsed after news was leaked on the US website, the Drudge Report, yesterday.
The ministry said the decision to withdraw the prince, who is third in line to the throne, was taken primarily because “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.”
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Nice one there, Matty-boy.
first novak, now drudge. way to go.
Support the (allies’) troops!
I liked Prince better when he did Purple Rain.
Lets send Drudge instead.
It is a shame because he really does want to serve and be in the action.
Drudge == Jerk!
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Number of Operations Iraq Freedom and Enduring Freedom casualties
as confirmed by U.S. Central Command: 4437
Pat Tillman.
Somewhere on Drudges’ site is bound to be a half dozen or so stories attacking “The Liberal NYT” for “jeopardizing the lifes of our troops” by revealing “secret” information.
Who cares about those royal parasites.
The royal arachnid probably wanted out and Drudge did him a favor.
Isn’t is considered TREASON to disclose the location of high value troops to the enemy? Can you imagine the conservative outrage if a liberal blog had revealed this information? FOXNEWS spent most of their time talking about some stupid mag in Australia who brought it out first, rather than focusing on Drudge who outed it to the entire planet. Typical.
Nice going drudge. And these are the same goons that talk about how the Democrats hate our troops? Give me a break.
“Anything for a buck” rings loud and clear for the repug mentality. Scum buckets.
Radically Moderate @ 9:
Yup, I agree. I’d like Harry if he was speaking out against Iraq.
Unfortunately for Harry, his sporting trip shooting at Taliban is a reminder of the bloody past of fighting for empires, kind of like we are miserably failing at.
It was an Australian trash magazine that originally broke the story in January.
http://www.independent.co.uk/n.....90020.html
Dear Mr. Drudge:
Thank you!
Yours Truly,
Harry
Why does the Internet’s foremost drama queen hate the troops?
odanny @ 12:
Here,here, it’s not as if he were T.E. Lawrence out there winging it on his own resources. He has the whole Brit Army to protect him. When will the Brits throw those royal mites out for good and become a true democracy?
That worked pretty well. If Drudge could just disclose the location of all our boys and girls in Iraq and Afghanistan, we could bring them all home to safety!
Keep up the good work!
Peace!
Drudge could f@ck up a wet dream
Wow. That’s a fine jorb ya done there, Matt. Something to be fucking proud of.
What kind of deal has Drudge cut with the media in order to protect his closet? I find it astonishing that no media outlet has yet investigated the bizarre phenomenon that the top GOP operatives and spinmeisters are all closted homosexuals. It must be for a reason.
He was spotted having a candlelight dinner with Geraldo. They were reminiscing sweet about troop location disclosures of days gone by.
DRUDGE, doing his part to stop the war and withdraw the troops.
wouldn’t that be considered “Aiding and Abiding the enemy”?
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Drudge… the new Rivera?
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If you listen to this national media, you would not know that Drudge had anything to do with it at all. They are claiming he was sent home for security reasons.
Not one of them that have spoken on this subject, has even mentioned this ass holes name. They want to salvage this bastard and keep him around to continue to do further damage to democratic officials, just as he did to President Clinton..
I am sure the princes dad has not missed out on yet another American failure to be honorable people and I sure he is thinking that we are ignorant and simply can’t be trusted.
To make matters worse, we are out right disgusting liars, is what these ass holes make out of every American, when they pull this kind of shit.
Al Queda’s pointer dogs.
Radically Moderate @ 9:
the prince requested active duty in a forward combat zone
thats one for the prince and zero for the twin brats
and less than zero for you
last laff is on drudge
he was hoping for alot of press from this
as far as i can tell, this is the only report that mentions his site by name
both drudge and geraldo should be [Deleted. Do not advocate violence on this site-Sitemonitor]
StCyrlyMe2 @ 25:
you are missing the point
to mention drudge is exactly what he wants
the old queen must be boozing it up right now, freaking out at the lack of attention
StCyrlyMe2 @ 25:
Anderson Cooper called out drudge on it,and so did KO
David Keeling @ 5:
drudge does not have any balls unless
those lumps in his mouth are his balls….
actually i think drudge pushs his balls back between
his legs when he does drag for his mom.
Fucking coward.
Sounds like Drudge put a member of NATO in harms way by aiding the enemy.
Me thinks Drudge needs to be charged with a crime.
Where is the MSM’s outrage?
Radically Moderate @ 9:
you must be a member of the romney family stump
who fight for clean underwear first in the family
David Keeling @ 5:
Yuppers, Like he said. And if that ain’t enough send some of them Huck-a-bee boys, or them Romney critters. Aw heck, send paw-paw and maw-maw McCain as well.
Only someone mentally unstable would think of jeopardizing the other troops lives by disclosing Harry’s location. It sounds like Mr. Drudge’s own mental illness (”He was arrested at age 15, on June 18, 1981, for making harassing telephone calls.[2] After the arrest, Drudge went to live with his father on a farm on the eastern shore of Maryland. But before long his father sent Drudge back to Washington to live with his unemployed mother. Drudge was then placed in psychiatric treatment with Jewish Social Services.[2] It was recommended that the boy be sent to a boarding school, “and if not the last choice will be a foster home” (from court papers).[2]”) has resurfaced and caused him to exercise extremely poor judgment. I hope no British citizen goes to extremes and threatens Mr. Drudge. I know they love their Prince Harry. I understand he has two properties in Florida (” Drudge maintains the website from his two properties in Miami — his $1.4 million Mediterranean-style stucco house on Rivo Alto Island,[2] and his $1-million-plus condominium in Miami’s Four Seasons hotel.[5] In updating the site, he reportedly monitors multiple television news channels and a number of websites on several computers in his home office.”)
I hope he remains safe.
I’m not sure Drudge is as culpable as he’d like us to believe here. Its not like he’s out hitting the pavement digging up facts, or has correspondents all over the world reporting for him. I call shenanigans. I wouldn’t be surprised to find out there is a back story to all this and Drudge is just a tool.
kep306 @ 18:
drudge had one……they freeze-dried it.
The Sludge Report does it again. Probably takes his orders from the Bush regime. Fvckn NAZIS.
Why in hell aren’t the Dems pushing the hypocrisy angle against Drudge? A right-wing “journalist” publishes troop movements of one of our closest allies?
The Male One @ 37:
that explains his hatred of Democrats,both his parents were Dems.And they couldn’t handle him,so they bailed on him.The guy has some serious issues.So now he takes it out on all of us.friggen loon.
Oh sweet jesus, you mean he wont be allowed to kill for his grama?
Thank you John - injustices like this must be stopped.
How about this for a story John, campaign against every democrat in the senate that voted for Mukasey - the man that just made congressional subpoenas to the administration worthless.
My hope would be that the prince would meet the pile of sludge known as Drudge and knock his teeth down his throat for ruining his career and putting his life, and that of his men at risk. Of course the prince is something that this cretin will never be, namely, a gentleman so that would never happen. Maybe someone can serve as the prince’s proxy!
Filthy Harry @ 38:
if he wants the recognition,he has to take the responsibility.and being that we(US and UK) are at “war”……this is a treasonous offense.but only if you’re a Dem,Repugs get a pass.
Radically Moderate @ 16:
I watched ol’ Prince Hal in an interview state that he was bored, reallah, until things started poppin’ and he got to see some action. Reallah! He probably didn’t even know what he was directing those bombers to bomb. He was in command to direct air strikes. Those little figures on the ground, viewed in the digital monitor were probably much like the little ants he’d burn with his magnifying glass out in his 500 hectare backyard. He did seem somewhat removed from the whole experience.. much like you Yanks altogether.. come to think of it, he was wearing an american flag on his baseball cap. Hey? Whad’upwid that?
But, he is a hell of a lot braver than Bush and his offspring, darling daughters.
anon @ 43:
didn’t Schummer and Feinstein go to bat for this guy?
Drudge, what a fucking joke. If their is any honor among thieves they will shun this outcast for being a self serving whore at others expense.
Kind of like cons would view the baby raper in the cell next to yours
mudshark @ 45:
Do you know what this is? It is a demonstration of the virility of a male heir to the throne of England. Do you know what part of the armor of Henry the VIII is worn out? The crotch from being rubbed by loyal royal subjects. Why do you give a damn about rights of royal passage?
mudshark @ 46:
Its worth finding out. This stops the legislatures oversight dead. And those that are responsible need to be held to account - in my opinion.
The Male One @ 37:
kevinc @ 10:
Wouldn’t it be devilishly delightful if our allies pulled an American-styled extra-ordinary rendition on Sludge-for-brains. He didn’t