THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE has been forced into launching an inquiry into racism by suspected troops found on social not-working site, Facebook.

Several reports of racist abuse have been noted on the site causing deperate need for an inquiry which was launched last night by the MoD.

These complaints come shortly after the third in line to the throne, Prince Harry was busted for making racist comments about his fellow troop members calling them such obscenities as “paki” and “ragheads”.

Many of the comments posted on Facebook consist of similar words, some even going as far as asking, “Anyone fancy a spot of Paki bashing?” while listing their army number and base.

While others had joined a thread named, "I'm a soldier why should I fight for stealing immigrant scum".

Campaigners including the Equality and Human Rights Commission flagged this problem as something which needed immediate action from the army as the comments clearly show that racism is still alive within the armed forces.

Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadan Foundation said, "There has undoubtedly been a huge change in attitude among senior ranks and ministers but this shows that has simply not trickled down to the rank and file ... If the army truly wants to start recruiting more people from an ethnic minority background this has got to be addressed as a matter of urgency."

The MoD has been working on this issue for a while now, claiming that the percentage of forces from an ethnic background rose by 0.004 percent since last year, yet this was nowhere near the target.

Clearly there is great cause for concern in this area, as it should really not have got this far. The MoD maintains that it is committed to "a working environment which is free from harassment, intimidation and unlawful discrimination".

Let’s hope this investigation brings about some change.