LONDON – Prince Harry will not be sent to Iraq, Britain’s top army general said Wednesday, citing “a number of specific threats” from insurgents that expose the third in line to the throne and his regiment to an unacceptable degree of risk.
The 22-year-old prince, who had long dreamed of leading his tank unit in Iraq, said he is disappointed but respected the decision.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Sir Richard Dannatt said the decision was made because of specific threats to the prince and risks to the safety of his fellow soldiers.
Harry had been expected to deploy to southern Iraq in the next few weeks, but Dannatt, who recently traveled to Iraq, said the situation there had become too dangerous, and media scrutiny of the plans exacerbated the situation.
Harry’s office issued a statement declaring the prince’s disappointment that “he will not be able to go to Iraq with his troop deployment as he had hoped.”
Paris really is a good bad example, mom says
NEW YORK – Kathy Hilton hopes young people will learn from her 26-year-old socialite daughter, Paris, who is facing 45 days in jail for violating her probation.
“We can only hope that something positive will come from all of this. Hopefully, young people who look up to people like Paris will learn from this,” Kathy Hilton said in a statement read Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” by co-host Barbara Walters.
Kathy Hilton called her Tuesday night and offered the statement, Walters said.
“She didn’t say ‘My child didn’t do it’ or ‘This is terrible,’” said Walters, who has an adult daughter. “She’s saying, ‘You have to take responsibility.’ I thought it was a very strong and very good statement.”
“View” co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, who is pregnant with her second child, disagreed.
“You want to discipline your children before the criminal system does,” she said.
A California judge has ordered Paris Hilton, star of “The Simple Life” TV show with her friend Nicole Richie, to report to a county jail by June 5 for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case by driving with a suspended license.
Associated Press
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