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"]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 04 2015, @12:25AM
The Kurds are doing pretty well with female fighters because the enemy cowers in fear, believing that being killed by a woman will send them to Hell. Two other methods are contact with a pig at the time of death (been used before, with lard-greased bullets) and being killed by a lefty.
The ultimate of course is a left-handed woman firing lard-greased bullets. All of our frontline troops should meet this specification.