David Cameron
has urged MPs to back UK airstrikes against Isis in Syria, saying that
the terrorist organisation is using the sanctuary of northern Syria to
launch plots with deadly intent against the British people.
He said: “The threats to our interests and to our people are such that we cannot afford to stand aside and not to act.”
“Throughout Britain’s history we have been called on time and again to make the hardest of decisions in defence of our citizens and our country.
“Today one of the greatest threats we face to our security is the threat from Isil.”
He says all seven terror plots in the UK this year were directed by Isis or inspired by the group’s propaganda.
He claims the terror group has an external operations group dedicated to causing mass casualty attacks around the world. He insists the strikes against Isis would be part of a comprehensive political and diplomatic plan to deny the group space and create the circumstances for an end to the civil war in Syria.
The aim, he said, must be to close down ungoverned space.
Cameron’s case was set out in a 36-page memorandum to the foreign affairs select committee, before a statement to the House of Commons, expected at 10.30am on Thursday.
Significantly, Cameron’s foreword to the government document does not explicitly call for the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, to stand aside. He instead calls for an inclusive government
that responds to the needs of all Syrian people and with which the international community could cooperate fully.
He said: “The threats to our interests and to our people are such that we cannot afford to stand aside and not to act.”
“Throughout Britain’s history we have been called on time and again to make the hardest of decisions in defence of our citizens and our country.
“Today one of the greatest threats we face to our security is the threat from Isil.”
He says all seven terror plots in the UK this year were directed by Isis or inspired by the group’s propaganda.
He claims the terror group has an external operations group dedicated to causing mass casualty attacks around the world. He insists the strikes against Isis would be part of a comprehensive political and diplomatic plan to deny the group space and create the circumstances for an end to the civil war in Syria.
The aim, he said, must be to close down ungoverned space.
Cameron’s case was set out in a 36-page memorandum to the foreign affairs select committee, before a statement to the House of Commons, expected at 10.30am on Thursday.
Significantly, Cameron’s foreword to the government document does not explicitly call for the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, to stand aside. He instead calls for an inclusive government
that responds to the needs of all Syrian people and with which the international community could cooperate fully.
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