Commons passes vote by massive majority to include Britain in Isis strikes
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British jets are set to strike Isis targets within days after the move was overwhelmingly supported this afternoon by MPs of all parties.
The Commons motion was passed by a vote of 524 to 43 meaning that Britain could send RAF planes to the region of northern Iraq – where jihadist militants have acquired great swathes of land – as early as the weekend.
Though Britain’s military action will thus far be limited to Iraq, following a request by the Iraqi government, Prime Minister David Cameron has signalled that he is prepared to extend the area to include Syria.
Mr Cameron told an emergency Commons debate today: “There isn’t a walk-on-by option, there isn’t an option hoping it will go away.
In his speech he added that Isis fighters
are “psychopathic terrorists who want to kill us”.
“This is not a threat on the far side of the world. Left unchecked, we will face a terrorist caliphate on the shores of the Mediterranean, bordering a Nato member [Turkey], with a declared and proven determination to attack our country and our people.
“This is not the stuff of fantasy - it is happening in front of us and we need to face up to it."
Echoing Winston Churchill’s famous quote, he said: “Never have so few been asked by so many to achieve so much with no clear aim in sight.