Prince Harry says he killed Taliban fighters

Prince Harry, on his way home to England from Afghanistan, said he killed Taliban insurgents on his latest tour.

According to the Press Association's pool report, the 28-year-old British royal said he took enemy fighters "out of the game" during his 20-week posting.

"Yea, so lots of people have," he said when asked if he had killed anyone from working as a gunner inn Apache attack helicopters. "The squadron's been out here. Everyone's fired a certain amount."

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Harry, known as Captain Wales in the British Army, handled deadly rockets, missiles and a 30mm cannon. He supported allied troops and accompanied British chinook and U.S. Black Hawk helicopters during casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) missions over Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan, according to the Press Association.

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Prince Harry on second Afghanistan tour

"Take a life to save a life," the prince said. "That's what we revolve around, I suppose."

"If there's people trying to do bad stuff to our guys, then we'll take them out of the game, I suppose," he added/

Harry said he was treated like "one of the guys" in the army, serving in the 662 Squadron, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps. Although his deployment in Afghanistan -- his second so far -- allowed him to step back from the public eye, he said his father, the Prince of Wales, is always reminding him of his birthright.

Colleagues and superiors commended Prince Harry for how well he fit into his unit and for being "on top of his game" during and "extremely busy" and dangerous tour.

Harry also commented on the news that his sister-in-law, Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, was expecting her first child. He said he was "thrilled" for the duchess and his brother, Prince William, and "can't wait to be an uncle."

Prince Harry in Helmand, Afghanistan, during his second tour with the army. The British royal returned home on Monday.

[judymar14]

He shouldn't be there in the first place. How many lives could be lost protecting and rescuing him if he should be caught by the 'insurgents'? One less man is not going to make a difference in this so called 'war'.

[sepa2]

so you graduated from boy to man like in some tribes?

[rktsci3127]

Congrats Harry, you are taking on the responsibility of a good soldier when you could easily have done nothing. Instead of a future slug that does nothing but criticize what others do, you are a future leader. If you were my kid I'd be proud of you.

[OBSERVER1950]

Never heard any veteran talk like that, at least not in the US Army from my era (Viet Nam)

[opedanderson2]

Golden rule. A veteran must never speak of the kills. Humility is paramount.

This is especially true of killers of radical Islamist. Revenge can come at any time and many years later.

[KPeters_from_UK]

Oops. Guess we should have been quite about Bin Laden cause in the past year the retaliation has been relentless.

[quincytodd]

I bet that this clown must awfully be proud of how many people he killed. All I can say here is that any man who prides himself on killing people cannot possibly be all good and that goes for that bozo Prince Harry! Now I guess that the right-wing news media will tout him for the hero that he's not!

[erasmus111]

Where do you get the impression that he's proud of killing people?

He's just answering the questions that he's being asked.

[Scimajor]

Did you actually read what he said? What did he say that leads you to the conclusion that he is proud of killing people?

That's a rhetorical question by the way because he said nothing of the sort. If you read what he said he talks about taking a life to save a life.

If anyone's a clown it's the person who comments on a story without having read it.

[True Grissel]

What an IDIOT!!! tell the world and the fanatics I KILLED SOME OF YOU.

[Scimajor]

He's a gunner ..... that's what they do. You don't have to have an ounce of intelligence to guess that at some point he's had to do his job. Also, the target on his back couldn't get any bigger being a member of the royal family.

[raymailhot]

Are all liberals afraid to stand up to terrorism?

[AnnieWyer]

So he's there helping grow and protect the world's supply of opium that is turned into Smack and shipped around the world to little kids? Thanks!

[Montana5]

Bravo, Harry! Were you dressed when it happened?

[KansasCity-2012]

It wasn't very wise or smart to advertise that.

[canislupus16]

Agreed.