Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Prince Harry Being "Whisked Away" By the SAS When The Taliban Attacked Camp Bastion



SAS Hid Prince Harry In Safe Room During Deadly Taliban Attack -- Daily Record

PRINCE grabbed a pistol and wanted to fight but was taken to a fortified safe room on the Camp Bastion base during the three-hour attack.

PRINCE Harry was whisked to safety by SAS bodyguards as the Taliban launched their deadly attack on Camp Bastion.

He grabbed a pistol and was ready to fight but was taken to a fortified safe room on the base during the three-hour suicide bombing mission.

The SAS guarded the prince through the night, primed to take on the Taliban fighters who have vowed to kill him.

An insider at the huge base in Helmand said: “There was no messing about. Harry was taken straight to the safe place as soon as the alarm went off.

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More News On Prince Harry Being "Whisked Away" When The Taliban Attacked Camp Bastion

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Prince Harry moved during deadly attack on Camp Bastion -- Herald Sun
Prince Harry targeted in fatal Taliban attack on 'impregnable' military base -- The Telegraph
Bringing Harry home would 'play into the Taliban's hands:' Defence experts' verdict as prince vows to fight on after deadly gun battle in Afghanistan -- Daily Mail
A retired Army officer argues that to pull Harry out would hand the Taliban a victory -- Tim Collins, Daily Mail

2 comments:

D.Plowman said...

I've heard a very different story on what the Prince actually did and where he was from a very reliable source, and none of it contained any mention of the SAS...

War News Updates Editor said...

Prince Harry does not strike me as someone who would want to be "whisked away' when trouble arrives. But I do know that on his first deployment he was always surrounded by SAS and the Gurkhas .... and the SAS (along with the US Navy SEALS) are probably the best bodyguards in the world.