When sub-editors get it wrong!

[woolybanana]

Military expert calls for pre-deployment pregnancy tests as British soldier unknowingly gave birth on tour in Afghanistan

Hmmm, anyone notice anything wrong with this?

[YCCMB]

ROFLMAO!!

[Clarkkent]

Well. At least it didn't say "squaddie".

I think that all soldiers heading for Afghanistan should be given pregnancy tests. And that should include the women as well.

[JohnM]

She unknowingly gave birth????? So like, she just carried on doing what ever she as doing and suddenly somebody said "Oi, what's this baby doing here?" and she turned and said "Oh... is that what happened".

[Chancer]

2 questionable bits for me, "unknowingly giving birth" as has been mentioned and also "pre-deployment pregnancy tests"

I prefer to put something over mine before deploying it, never considered doing a pregnancy test [:-))]

I liked this bit though:

British military officials in Afghanistan were today tight-lipped on the identity of the mother or the name of her son as they stayed inside the sprawling Helmand camp.

“They might name him Harry,” one defence source told The Daily Telegraph.

[Clarkkent]

[quote user="Chancer"]

British military officials in Afghanistan were today tight-lipped on the identity of the mother or the name of her son as they stayed inside the sprawling Helmand camp.

“They might name him Harry,” one defence source told The Daily Telegraph.

[/quote]

Suggestion on the BBC News tonight that the woman may be from Fiji. That should increase the likelihood that she may be identied.