Follow up on that WND story.PRINCE Harry has been warned by MI6 chief John Scarlett that insurgents in Iraq are plotting to kill him. Mr Scarlett personally told the third in line to the throne of the grave risks he faces in going to Iraq, following a huge global intelligence-gathering operation.
Harry was informed that code breakers have smashed Al QaedaÂ’s communications system and uncovered information which shows that he will be a prime target for the terrorist hit squads.
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Mr Scarlett visited the Prince at his London home Clarence House on Tuesday afternoon. With him was a slim briefcase containing a file stamped with a small, red cross of St George. Over sandwiches and cake, he presented the file to Harry and explained its contents. At no time did he attempt to dissuade the Prince from going to Iraq but merely set out to ensure he had all the information available on the potential threat.
It is understood that Harry asked many questions, based partly on what he had learned about intelligence-gathering while training at Sandhurst. “The great thing about Scarlett is that he is a master of his brief,” said the source. “The paper in the briefcase was a leave-behind document for Harry to study.
“It is safe to assume that Harry would have asked the kind of questions he had put during his intelligence classes at Sandhurst.
“He insists he knows how to look after himself and his men. He is a stubborn little bugger.”
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A reply says: “I wish his end at the hands of the courageous Iraqi resistance.”
It is believed that Shia groups are largely responsible for the increasingly regular mortar and rocket fire targeting British bases in Basra.
The Al Qaeda communications system is at the heart of a new HQ that Osama bin Laden has set up in the Waziristan area of north Pakistan. It is from there that bin Laden overseas a network of camps that are hard to locate from the air and virtually inaccessible from the ground. The communications system is run by bin LadenÂ’s deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is believed to have created the various codes through which the system passes on orders to Al QaedaÂ’s regional commanders