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Will we be drawn into another war in Iraq?

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Guinevere

Guinevere Report 13 Aug 2014 16:19

Well, we helped to create the mess. Maybe we have an obligation to help sort it out.

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 13 Aug 2014 15:35

The UK will play a role in an international mission to rescue stranded Yazidi refugees in Iraq. After chairing a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on the crisis, the Prime Minister said "detailed plans" were being put in place for the operation.

The Prime Minister, who returned from holiday to chair the Cobra meeting, said: "We need a plan to get these people off that mountain and get them to a place of safety, and I can confirm that detailed plans are now being put in place and are under way, and that Britain will play a role in delivering that."

When asked to respond to demands for Parliament to be recalled, he said "This is a humanitarian operation that Britain is involved in, so I do not think it's necessary to recall Parliament for that. But of course I always keep these issues under review and were things to change, then obviously that is something that could be done."

Are we about to be drawn into fighting in another war in Iraq, reading between the lines of the messages coming out of Westminster, they sound familiarly ominous to me - what do you think?

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"