Britian's Prince Harry was left under no illusions of his value as a scalp for Iraqi insurgents. Even so, senior military officers could never have predicted the sheer scale of and nature of the threats lying in wait. Iraqi militia groups have already hatched detailed plans to seize him as a hostage when he arrives in Iraq next month. In a remarkable series of interviews, some of the most notorious paramilitary factions in southern Iraq claim that informants placed inside British military barracks in Iraq have received orders to "track" the movements of the third in line to the throne. The claims again question the Ministry of Defense's (MoD) decision to allow Harry to serve in Iraq where he and his unit will be seen as a valuable target to those attacking U.S. and British forces. Saturday night a Ministry of Defense spokesman said: "We have not concealed the fact that he is going out there and the bad guys know that he's coming and we expect that they will consider him a high-profile scalp." Despite the threats, Whitehall officials ruled out the possibility of the prince not being sent to Maysan, the most volatile province in southern Iraq, where attacks against British forces are mounting. http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=11439
If I were the prince I would reciprocate the measure by say, logging a "kill" tally. I'm pretty sure he and his unit will be well outfitted for his tour in the sand. I just pray that he isn't caught and used a toll for those that are looking for him. This is exactly one of the main reasons why media shouldn't be embedded to close to front line units. They only act as a damn intelligence gatherer for the enemy.