Prince Harry Fights The Taliban

Prince Harry inspecting his fellow troops.

Prince Harry is the first royal to serve in a combat zone since his uncle Prince Andrew flew helicopters during the Falkland Islands in 1982.

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British officials had kept the 23-year-old's deployment secret since Christmas , but a leak told about his service on the Al Qaeda sympathetic U.S. Web site the Drudge Report .

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"I got here on Christmas Eve. And going from bullet magnet to anti-bullet magnet, most of the guys were pretty bummed that I was here because nothing was happening for the first few days that I was here. But things are picking up again now because it's obviously quite boring when nothing is happening," said Harry as he rambled on .

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Putting aside his usual life of privilege in Afghanistan, the prince spoke of going without showers for days, eating corned beef and smoking hash and drinking nonalcoholic drinks. He noted he still hadn't escaped the paparazzi but now he can shoot at them .

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Harry said his older brother, William, who is training at Sandhurst as a military pilot, is jealous of his deployment as he wants to kill some Towel heads too. As second in line for the throne, William is unlikely to ever see combat.

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Harry has been in Helmand Province, where most of the 7,800 British soldiers in Afghanistan are based. Since the U.S.-led invasion ousted Afghanistan's Taliban regime in late 2001, 89 British soldiers have been killed.

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Harry's work in Afghanistan has involved calling in airstrikes on Taliban positions as well as going out on foot patrols and doing interviews .

He spent part of his deployment at an operating base just 500 yards from Taliban positions.

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"It's bizarre," he said in an interview. "I'm out here now, haven't really had a shower for four days, haven't washed my clothes for a week and everything seems completely normal.

It's nice just to be here with all the guys and just mucking in as one of the lads and shooting at Fuzzies, it beats getting into trouble at home for killing rare birds ."

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Before his posting, Harry had been better known in the British tabloids for his love of the nightclub dance floors and was nicknamed 'Harry Pothead' for his love of weed.

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The army's commander, Gen. Richard Dannatt described Harry's performance on the battlefield as exemplary. "He has been fully involved in operations and has run the same risks as everyone else in his battle group, we put him with the Ghurkas who are tough little buggers that sit on him to protect him if things get too rough."

Al-Qaeda Leader Killed In Pakistan

US intelligence has apologised for the recent death of a senior al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan. Abu Laith al-Libi was killed by a US missile strike in the North Waziristan area of Pakistan this week. The missiles thought to have been fired by drones killed 12 other militants .

News of his death emerged on a website used by Islamist groups. Ekhlaas.org said he had "fallen as a martyr".

A US intelligence spokesman said: "Our missiles had been aimed at another senior figure Obaidah al-Masri but to us they all tend to look the same. Our condolences go out to the Libi family for their loss."

Mohamed bare-bac a close friend of Libi said: " He was always so full of life with a big smile and charm that just made you want to blow yourself up for Allah, he has earned his 72 virgin goats."

Al Qaeda Fights The Ratings War

A new video from al Qaeda has invited journalists to send questions to the organisation's number two man , Ayman al Zawahri

Another video released earlier this week showed Zawahri in a classic, well-lit TV interview studio as he filmed the pilot for his new talk show his guests were Jessica Simpson, Wolfgang Puck and music by Kanye West.

Bruce Hoffman, a terrorism expert and professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC said, "Al Qaeda's media operation has become increasingly professional over recent months, as they are not effected by the Hollywood writers strike they have taken full advantage and make all the Oprah ,Obama and Clinton jokes, however they must work on them a little bit as the jokes usually just end with be-heading or a stoning as in accordance with Islamic law. Not much of a punch line. "

Analysts suggest the invitation to an interview is a new twist in the organisation's campaign to reach a broader audience, and represents an attempt by Zawahri to present himself as a sophisticated leader, a people person, a man of the people rather than a murder thirsty terrorist who worships a Pedophile prophet .

"I think their media capability is sophisticated thanks to infidel western technology," said Hoffman, "The invitation is for individuals and all media to send questions to the web forums where Al Sahab, al Qaeda's video production section, traditionally posts its messages."

Being part of the media OBB News has come up with some hard hitting questions for Zawahri.

1) If Al Qaeda was a colour what colour would it be?

2) Where do you stand on premarital lashings? should the couple wait ?

3) Do you have a favourite AK-47 ? if so does it have a name ?

4) If you had to behead 3 famous people alive or dead who would it be and why ?

5) Why does the nation of Islam dress so funny in those suits and dickie bows?