Prince Harry Really Wants To Go To Iraq

Britain's army chiefs are reviewing plans to send Prince Harry to
Iraq amid fears he could be targeted, officials said Thursday, but friends downplayed warnings he may quit if prevented from going.

The Ministry of Defence said the 22-year-old's imminent deployment was under "constant consideration," after a newspaper report said army bosses were reviewing the decision amid a spike in British deaths in Iraq.

The Sun newspaper said the second lieutenant could be stopped from being sent to southern Iraq because insurgents might try to kidnap or kill him, putting fellow troops in extra danger.

Such a decision would likely infuriate the prince, third-in-line to the British throne, who has said there would be "no way" he would train to become an officer then sit around while his soldiers fought.

Harry is known as Cornet Wales in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry, in which he is responsible for 11 soldiers and four Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles.

A Household Cavalry source warned that Harry would resign if he could not serve on the front line.

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