{"id":408275,"date":"2010-03-08T07:27:31","date_gmt":"2010-03-08T12:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/?p=36159"},"modified":"2010-03-08T07:27:31","modified_gmt":"2010-03-08T12:27:31","slug":"army-hit-by-new-race-row-%e2%80%93-as-it-prints-slur-in-its-own-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/408275","title":{"rendered":"Army hit by new race row \u2013 as it prints slur in its own magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Simon Neville
\nUK<\/a> Daily Mail<\/a><\/a>
\nMarch 8, 2010<\/p>\n

Ministry of Defence chiefs face embarrassment after a picture of a combat soldier wearing equipment bearing a racially offensive remark was printed in its official magazine.<\/p>\n

The image published in Soldier magazine shows his left legpad with the words \u2018Get some Paki\u2019 scrawled on it.<\/p>\n

Officials airbrushed the online version, but the 90,000 printed copies had already been put on sale, with 70,000 sent to serving British troops \u2013 many in Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The picture was printed in January\u2019s edition alongside an article about new rations packs for troops.<\/p>\n

Full article here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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