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The MoD has launched an investigation after a photograph of a soldier who had an offensive message written on his kit appeared in its official magazine.
The serviceman's left kneepad has "Get some Paki" scrawled on it. His picture featured in Soldier magazine alongside a story about new rations for troops.
The MoD said an investigation was under way to identify the soldier.
Last year, Prince Harry apologised for using offensive language to describe a Pakistani member of his army platoon.
'Racist behaviour'
The picture was printed in January's edition of Soldier, the magazine of the British army published for the UK armed forces by the Ministry of Defence.
Officials airbrushed the online version, but thousands have already been put on sale, with 70,000 sent to serving British troops - many in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defence said it was aware of a photograph and an "inappropriate remark" on a soldier's uniform.
"The Army does not tolerate racist behaviour," added the spokesman.
"All those who are found to fall short of the Army's high standards or who are found to have committed an offence under the Armed Forces Act 2006 are dealt with administratively or through the discipline process."
In January 2009, Prince Harry got in trouble after a video diary was published by a national newspaper in which the prince called one of his then Sandhurst colleagues a "Paki".
He said he had used the term as a nickname about a friend and without any malice.
在由英國國防部主辦的《士兵》雜誌中，一張照片上的英軍士兵軍服上出現帶有種族歧視色彩的字樣。
從照片上可以看出，這名士兵的左側護膝上塗寫有「抓住那些巴基佬」的字樣。
英國國防部周日（3月7日）表示，已經開始調查，要查明這名士兵的身份。
在英國，「巴基佬」一向被視為侮辱巴基斯坦人的貶義詞。
去年，英國王子哈里也因使用這個字眼形容他在軍校中的戰友被媒體曝光。
後來，哈里被迫道歉，並表示自己絲毫沒有惡意。
紀律處分
這次惹麻煩的照片刊登在今年一月出版的《士兵》雜誌上。該雜誌由國防部主辦，面向全英陸軍發行。
在雜誌的網站上，照片已經經過加工處理，抹掉了不該出現的字眼。但是，數千份印刷雜誌已經上市出售，七萬冊被送往駐外英軍，其中許多都在阿富汗。
國防部發言人說，「英軍不容忍任何種族主義行為」。
這名發言人還說，任何未能達到英軍高標準的人以及違反了《2006年陸軍法案》的人，都將受到行政或者紀律處分。
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