Cameron says UK must play bigger role vs IS

19 July 2015, 2:41 pm

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Prime Minister David Cameron declares Sunday that Britain needs to take a greater role in destroying the Islamic State group in Syria — his most direct signal to date that he will seek to expand his country’s role in supporting the United States and its allies.

In remarks made to NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Cameron says Britain must do more fight the group, also known as ISIL. The remarks, which follow a commitment to meet NATO targets on military spending, make plain that Britain now sees the group as an explicit threat to national security.

“We know that we have to defeat ISIL, we have to destroy this caliphate, whether it is in Iraq or in Syria,” he says. “That is a key part of defeating this terrorist scourge that we face.”

— AP