Britain’s Prince Harry, who was last week stopped from joining his regiment’s deployment to Iraq, could be sent to join troops in Afghanistan, a newspaper said on Sunday. News of the World said it had information about plans for the 22-year-old officer to join the fight against the Taliban, but was withholding key details.Harry is a second lieutenant in the elite Blues and Royals regiment of the British Army’s Household Cavalry, responsible for 11 soldiers and four Scmitar reconnaissance vehicles. Army chief General Sir Richard Dannatt blocked him from being sent to southern Iraq, due to threats against his life that would put his men in “unacceptable” danger. News of the World said that insurgents planned to hit both British camps in southern Iraq with chlorine bombs to be certain of getting the prince.
Harry is set to be posted to Afghanistan before 2008 and could be seconded to join a NATO command unit, BritainÂ’s biggest-selling newspaper said. He would carry out low-risk operations and earn a campaign medal after serving for 30 days, said the weekly.
Meanwhile, The Observer newspaper said revelations about HarryÂ’s deployment in a war zone would be censored if the government agrees to a proposal that would ban media from reporting on such aspects of his military career.