BRITISH, Nov 17 – The Prime Minister revealed Brit spies have foiled Seven terror plots in six months as he called for the UK to bomb ISIS in Syria. The Tory leader who pledged to recruit 1,900 more spooks to deal with the threat said ISIS was training terror cells in Syria before sending them to wreak havoc in the UK.
He said: “We have been aware of these cells operating in Syria that are radicalising people in our own countries potentially sending people back to carry out attacks. Our security and intelligence services have stopped something like seven attacks in the last six months, albeit attacks planned on a smaller scale.”
The Prime Minister has called for Britain which is already bombing ISIS in Iraq to join France, the US and Russia in launching airstrikes in Syria. A squadron of 10 French jets has dropped 20 bombs on targets across ISIS capital Raqqa as Revenge for the Paris terror attacks.
Mr Cameron admitted he needs to convince MPs to agree to a campaign but vowed to bomb first and ask permission later if British interests are under threat. He said: “I have always said I think that it is sensible that we should ISIL don’t recognize a border between Iraq and Syria and neither should we but I need to build the argument, I need to take it to parliament, I need to convince more people.”
“We won’t hold that vote unless we can see that parliament would endorse action because to fail on this would be damaging. It is not a question of damaging the government it is a question of not damaging our country and its reputation in the world,” he said. The call comes after ISIS sent a chilling warning Britain would be its next target.
But opposition to plan could block British bombing in Syria again as it did in 2013 after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn revealed he is still against airstrikes. The pacifist who acknowledged the Paris attack was “appalling” said: “Does the bombing change it? Probably not. The idea has to be surely a political settlement in Syria.”
He added: “We have to be careful. One war doesn’t necessarily bring about peace it often can bring yet more conflicts, more mayhem and more loss.” However, Mr Cameron revealed he would take immediate direct action if British interests were at stake citing drone attacks which killed British militants in August.
A command post, training camp, jihadi recruitment centre and weapons factory have been destroyed in the French airstrikes. A statement from the French government said: “The raid, including 10 fighter jets, was launched simultaneously from the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. 20 bombs were dropped.” The strikes took place overnight, with more details of the targets set to emerge.
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