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12/06/2014
Nick Clegg Opposes Fresh Action In Iraq
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said he does not believe Western forces should provide military assistance in Iraq, after the US had said it was considering giving further assistance to fighting Islamist militants who have taken control of a large swathe of territory in eastern Syria and western and central Iraq.
The Liberal Democrat leader said the UK provided training and equipment to the country but rejected the idea of new military interventions there, which he described as "a very, very dangerous situation."
Mr Clegg said speaking about the 2003 war: "I don't think having made one mistake you repeat it by making a second one."
The Lib Dems opposed the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.
The Sunni Muslim insurgents, led by an al-Qaeda offshoot called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have been gaining positions in different cities, Saddam Hussein's home town Tikrit among them.
The UN Security Council has condemned the attacks in Mosul and Tikrit and said the humanitarian situation around Mosul is "dire and worsening by the moment."
(CVS/IT)
The Liberal Democrat leader said the UK provided training and equipment to the country but rejected the idea of new military interventions there, which he described as "a very, very dangerous situation."
Mr Clegg said speaking about the 2003 war: "I don't think having made one mistake you repeat it by making a second one."
The Lib Dems opposed the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.
The Sunni Muslim insurgents, led by an al-Qaeda offshoot called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have been gaining positions in different cities, Saddam Hussein's home town Tikrit among them.
The UN Security Council has condemned the attacks in Mosul and Tikrit and said the humanitarian situation around Mosul is "dire and worsening by the moment."
(CVS/IT)
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