Live blog – War against IS may take years, Cameron warns BRITAIN has a clear “duty” to join air strikes against Islamic State militants because of the direct threat they pose to the country, David Cameron told an emergency Commons session to approve the deployment of UK forces. Live coverage and tweets from Westminster and Washington all day The Prime Minister braced the public for a mission that would last “not just months but years” but said he was not prepared to “subcontract” the protection of British streets from terrorism to other countries’ air forces. MPs appear set to vote overwhelmingly in favour of the decision to join the US-led bombing raids against the jihadist forces in Iraq after the escalation was given the support of all three main party leaders. Labour leader Ed Miliband – who a year ago forced the Prime Minister to abandon plans for air strikes against the Syrian regime by inflicting a Commons revolt on the issue – said the UK “cannot simply stand by”. UK armed forces had “unique assets that no other coalition ally can contribute”, such as Brimstone missiles, “which minimise the risk of civilian casualties”, Mr Cameron told a chamber packed with MPs recalled from the party conference season recess. “But I [...] leedsinnews/live-blog-war-against-is-may-take-years-cameron-warns/
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:45:46 +0000
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