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UK MPs Authorise Syria Air Strikes Against Islamic State

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday December 03 2015, @04:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the joining-the-coalition dept.

azrael writes:

BBC reports:

MPs have overwhelmingly backed UK air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria, by 397 votes to 223, after an impassioned 10-hour Commons debate.

Four Tornado jets took off from RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, after the vote. Their destination has not been confirmed.

A total of 66 Labour MPs sided with the government as David Cameron secured a larger than expected Commons majority.

The PM said they had "taken the right decision to keep the country safe" but opponents said the move was a mistake.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn argued that the case for war "does not stack up" - but his party was split, with senior Labour figures, including members of the shadow cabinet voting with the government after they were given a free vote.

The 66 MPs who backed military action was equivalent to 29% of the parliamentary party.

[Editor's Note: For non-Brits, MP="member of parliament"]

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @05:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 03 2015, @05:17PM (#271450)

    And Bush and Blair need to take responsibility for fucking up Iraq, preferably in an international court, and preferably with two Saddamesque hangings, or equivalent, as the outcome.

    Blair has done so... Now all that is left is prosecuting him for Crimes against Humanity (one can dream, no)?

    It's depressing that all the international imperialistic idiocy I learnt about in history is just being repeated with different labels attached to some of the participants.

    Those who do not know their history, are doomed to repeat it, something, something