Jimmy Carr has sparked outrage by claiming that because we've got so many amputees from the wars then we're going to have a great team for the 2012 Paralympics.

The outrage might be a tad manufactured: for if you go look at what the squaddies themselves are saying about it there's a thought that not only is it a funny joke (if very black and macabre) but one that may well have come from those soldiers who have been wounded themselves.

Click through to see the source of that allegation.