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Iraq: Coalition Against ISIL

No. The reason for choosing the words “combat troops” is very important. Of course, when we, for instance, contemplated putting in Chinook helicopters to evacuate the Yazidi people from Mount Sinjar, that would have involved British forces being in an area of Iraq. The servicing, efforts and helping of those helicopters would have involved British personnel. That is why we talk about British combat troops. Again, we should be very clear about that.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
585 c1265 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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