Advertisement
This Article is From May 09, 2010

Al-Qaida threatens to abduct Prince Harry, if he flies Apache helicopter: Report

London:
PrinceHarrystory216.jpg
Al-Qaida has threatened to abduct Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne, if he dares to fly an Apache helicopter in Afghanistan, a media report said on Sunday.

"It would be wonderful if we capture this b*****d alive after shooting down his Apache," Sunday Express reported citing one of the several warnings posted on an Arabic website of Al-Qaida.

"Wouldn't it be sweeeeeeeet if the Mujahideen could capture" the 25-year-old prince, another post said.

Harry's military ambitions, who has been selected for the attack helicopter training last Friday, seem to have enraged Al-Qaida supporters.

The Al-Qaida web forum that is popular among its British followers was the first to issue a video in which a spokesman for the Pakistan Taliban apparently claimed responsibility for the attempted car bombing of Times Square in New York.

The site receives most of its posts from jihadists based in Europe and the USA, researchers believe.

Harry is thought to be the brain behind the killing of about 30 Taliban fighters, when he was on his secret deployment to Afghanistan in 2008 as a forward air controller, the report said.

Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world

Follow us: