Ukip leader Nigel Farage has said that the government is «gravely mistaken» in
considering air strikes in Iraq and Syria.
Washington and its allies have been
considering air strikes following a suspected poison gas attack last weekend.
Not exact matches
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strike on Syrian
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There may be similar questions about how
air strikes have been affecting non-combatants in IS occupied territory, but I wish to
consider the
air campaign from a different angle.
Off the top of my mind, (1) «a very large military» is not necessarily good at fighting vs. rebels;
air strikes won't «destroy»; they can only accompany ground invasion; (2) ground
strike means attacker's losses; (3) invasion must be justified, no threat to Turkey yet; (4) a NATO member should agree its actions with the NATO HQ; (5) Kurds are
considered a bigger threat for Turkey; (6) Turkey may not want help Assad's who has killed 10 times more civ's than ISIS
David Cameron is understood to be
considering taking the issue of
air strikes on Isis in Syria to the Commons after the party conference season.
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strike is widely
considered one of the preludes to the Reagan administration's destruction of the
air traffic controllers union, PATCO, in 1981.
«Unfortunately due to a court ruling, British travellers can not claim any compensation if delays or cancellations are caused by a French
Air Traffic Control
strikes, because
strike action is
considered «extraordinary», a key qualifying factor in the EU regulation that governs what can and can not be claimed for.»