Britain to deploy extra troops to Iraq to fight ISIS

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has indicated that the UK would deploy more troops to Iraq to help train the country's armed forces in preparation of a fresh offensive against Islamic State. Michael Fallon has offered to send 30 extra troops and they would provide training in logistics and bridge-building apart from act as specialist medical staff. They would most likely be stationed in training camps at Besmayah and Taji in the Baghdad area. This deployment would bring the number of UK military personnel involved in training in Iraq to 300.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 12 March 2016.

Michael Fallon has remarked that the deployment is against the background of "solid progress" made against IS in recent months. He has also said that the time has come to to step up the training of Iraqi Forces, as they prepare for operations in key cities such as Fallujah and Mosul.
The UK government has continuously insisted that training missions does not constitute 'boots-on-the-ground' even though the British Special Forces are operating in the region. Rather, the UK contribution fits into a wider mission involving a number of nations.


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Britain wakes from slumber after Tunisia deaths – to debate airstrikes on ISIS targets

#davidcameron #ISIS #michaelfallon #syriaairstrikes Britain has woken up from its slumber after the death of 29 Britons in Tunisia at the hands of ISIS militants. Accordingly, MPs are set to debate on whether airstrikes are to be launched on ISIS targets in Syria and elsewhere.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 2 July 2015.

Defense Secretary Michael Fallon is expected to make a case for allowing RAF bombers to attack Islamic State targets while insisting that no military action will be taken without a vote in the Commons.
It may be recalled that the Commons had last year given the go-ahead to bombing of militant positions in Iraq last year. However, at the time, MPs were not asked to approve wider action. At that time the situation was different because it was the chemical weapon attack by Syrian president Bashar al Assad that had sparked the previous proposal for airstrikes.
Prime Minister David Cameron is of the opinion that there is a need to crush the ISIL in both Iraq and Syria. There should be a 'full spectrum' response which would mean focusing not just one particular area where the ISIS are, but looking at a whole range of areas and how they are operating.
The main objective is to tackle the growing cut of the ISIS and blunt their cutting edge. The ISIS is an evil that must be eradicated.
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