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Article: TARGET HARRY; (1) Sniper and kidnap plots force Army chief to tell prince: You can't go to war (2) six down, Harry next , sniper told.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 17, 2007
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Byline: MATTHEW HICKLEY
PRINCE Harry's dream of going to war is over after the head of the Army ruled that plots to kill or kidnap him make it too dangerous for him to serve in Iraq.
General Sir Richard Dannatt intervened after intelligence that a sniper, who has already killed six British troops in Basra, had been told assassinating the 22-year-old prince was his 'priority'.
A separate plot involved the nightmare scenario of Harry being seized and smuggled across the border into Iran - where a rescue operation would have been all but impossible.
Insurgents desperate to target the 'prize' prince have also recently been caught carrying photographs of Harry. And ...