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Group 'sets up squad to kidnap Harry'
Shiite militants in Iraq claim to have set up a special squad to target Prince Harry if he is deployed there with his army regiment, The Guardian reported yesterday.
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- Published: 00:00 April 29, 2007
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- Britain is reviewing Prince Harry's deployment to Iraq. The prince is third in line to the throne.
London: Shiite militants in Iraq claim to have set up a special squad to target Prince Harry if he is deployed there with his army regiment, The Guardian reported on Saturday.
The newspaper quoted a commander in the Mahdi Army, the militia loyal to Moqtada Al Sadr, as saying the group had informants inside British army bases who would tip them off about the prince's presence.
"One of our aims is to capture Harry, we have people inside the British bases to inform us on when he will arrive," the newspaper quoted commander Abu Mujtaba as saying.
The Guardian said it could not substantiate the claims and the British military dismissed them as propaganda.
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