The Commons gave the go-ahead to bombing of militant positions in Iraq previous year, but MPs were not asked to approve wider action.
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“We all need to be clear about what difference any action would make to our objective of defeating Isil, about the nature of any action, its objectives and the legal basis”, he said.
SOUTHWEST ASIA, July 1, 2015 – US and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today.
David Cameron believes there is a case for MPs to reconsider taking military action in Syria MPs are taking part in a debate about Britain’s security in the face of a growing threat of Islamic terrorism.
However, Tory justice minister and ex- soldier Crispin Blunt disagreed, telling BBC Radio 4’s Today program on Thursday: “There’s no military necessity for this”.
“And in that context the prime minister does think that MPs should be thinking about these issues and about what we are doing to tackle ISIL”.
“As Michael Fallon has said, they don’t differentiate, and frankly it has been illogical for the a year ago that our forces have been engaged just in the air above Iraq and not above Syria”.
Another fact is that despite the many acts of terrorism and violence that take place in Iraq and Syria, they don’t resonate as much as the ones committed elsewhere, such as the ones carried out last Friday by individuals in their early twenties who escaped the state radar.
However he said the United States and other allies were already carrying out air strikes in Syria and that it was right for Britain to consider whether it could do more in the light of the casualties suffered by British tourists in Tunisia.
Shadow global Development Secretary Mary Creagh yesterday told the Daily Politics show she would consider supporting such attacks. It’s easy to come in as guests of the Government of Iraq at their invitation in their country.
Speaking at the despatch box, the Defence Secretary made it clear that although the Government believes the case for such action is strong (and has been strengthened by the attack in Tunisia which demonstrated the threat IS presents to the United Kingdom and British people), they won’t press ahead without broad parliamentary consensus.
“If we can link it back to Isil in Syria we’ll have to reflect with the rest of the coalition how best we deal with that”, he added.
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He insisted the situation was “totally different” from the 2013 vote when Labour blocked air strikes against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
