Sentences with phrase «saying military action»

U.K. releases internal data saying military action against Syria legal without UN backing, Reuters

Syracuse - area Congressman Dan Maffei was one of about 140 lawmakers who signed a letter to the president last week saying military action in Syria without congressional action would be unconstitutional.

A CNN poll says that most Americans feel Israel's attacks on Hamas in Palestine are justified, with 57 % of respondents saying the military action was called for.

The Vatican's representative at UN headquarters in Geneva has said military action in Iraq is needed... More

Not exact matches

Russia's ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, urged the US on Thursday to avoid military action, saying the «immediate priority is to avert the danger of war.»

Quelling terrorism requires a lot more than military action, says Meghan O'Sullivan, Harvard University professor of international affairs, providing insight into the growing crisis in Syria and U.S. options in the region.

He has since sought to dial back threats of military action, saying missile strikes into Syria may not happen soon.

«Yes, I don't want to go into that,» Mattis said, agreeing that his closely held military option involved kinetic action, a euphemism to describe lethal military force.

Tillerson also said that Russia overstepped in Ukraine, and that future military actions would require a «commensurate show of force» to communicate that further aggression would not be tolerated.

«Any time we take military action, there are risks involved - especially to the servicemen and women who carry out these missions,» said Obama.

«The United States takes this action in conjunction with our NATO allies and partners around the world in response to Russia's use of a military - grade chemical weapon on the soil of the United Kingdom, the latest in its ongoing pattern of destabilizing activities around the world,» said a senior administration official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters)- Oil prices jumped on Wednesday, hitting their highest in more than three years on Wednesday after Saudi Arabia said it intercepted missiles over Riyadh and U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia of imminent military action in Syria.

Mr. Trump said he wasn't necessarily suggesting a large - scale military action, but that «at a certain point you have to do something and you have to be firm and you have to be strong, you have to be a government.»

«We hope that there will be no point of no return, that the US and the allies will refrain from military action against sovereign states,» he said.

and look if u can't differentiate between the actions of some militant groups which we all in the Arab region are suffering from and the actions of the military forces of a country that reflect the strategy of their country then i hope u start to contemplate at what i am saying.

Christian leaders in the All - Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea say America should not take military action against the regime.

on Premier's News Hour, he said: «The way in which we conduct any military action in Iraq, I think, should be on a humanitarian basis to protect people, not on the basis of fear and threat to the UK.»

It said: «The UK government must treat with caution suggestions that Islamic State could be defeated primarily through military action.

He is surely right in saying that American presidents, when appealing for support for military action, typically accent ideological and idealistic reasons rather than geopolitical factors.

But Bishop John did say he would support some sort of military action on the ground: «My own preference would be for a UN force because that would have less of an inflammatory dimension than a force that could be perceived as Western Christian.»

Mr Grieve added: «That said, I think the basic principle that you should seek parliamentary authorisation before taking military action is a perfectly sound one and I don't think the Prime Minister disagrees with that.»

And if it is military action, I would say it's more like Operation Desert Fox or the tanker war of the 1980s than it is World War II.

But at least for the one record --(and it's closer to 4 billion / year from the States to Israel's military alone — saying nothing about all the other aid given to that country)-- if even a small portion of that amount were given from this file towards refugee settlement needs it could make such a humanitarian action possible.

Gordon Brown said there was «no justification» for Georgia's actions and argued there was «an immediate and pressing need to end the fighting and disengage all military forces.

«The Sri Lankan security forces must still make sure that their actions are directed against military targets and not civilians,» the Amnesty expert said.

Mr Cameron and Mr Obama said there remained «time and space to pursue a diplomatic solution» against Iran's nuclear agenda, but their private talks on the three - day visit are expected to address growing calls for military action.

We have obligations in relation to each other,» said Blair in a 2004 speech, justifying military action in Iraq.

Tory grandee Ken Clarke said: «On the question of the parliamentary role, I think the Prime Minister was not relying on the archaic, narrow interpretation of the Royal prerogative, which no government has invoked in this country for over 50 years - they have always come to Parliament for debates and votes if possible on any military action.

David Cameron has said ISIS poses a threat to British security and that military action is just one part of a wider strategy to defeat them.

Shadow Home Secretary Andy Burnham, who does not back bombing, slammed the leader's decision to write to every Labour MP last week saying he was opposed to military action.

Labour, on the other hand, says Cameron's response is typical of his character, and that he was unable to win the support of the country for military action against Assad because he failed to listen to the opinions of others.

The Labour leader said: «Whether it's the lack of a strategy worth the name, the absence of credible ground troops, the missing diplomatic plan for a Syrian settlement, the failure to address the impact on the terrorist threat, or the refugee crisis and civilian casualties, it's become increasingly clear that the prime minister's proposals for military action simply do not stack up.»

Certainly, Corbyn's authority would be undermined if, say, he voted against future UK military action in Syria but a majority of his MPs backed it.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in his first remarks since President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that he was banning transgender people from the military, condemned the action as «terrible» and «hateful,» and said it is contrary to American values.

Saraki had said the Senate would soon meet with security chiefs over military action against members of IPOB and their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

Asked during a briefing to journalists whether Corbyn opposed military action in Iraq, he said: «Jeremy Corbyn has said publicly that he thinks that needs looking at again.

During his summing - up speech in Thursday's debate, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg was asked by Labour MP Andrew Gwynne to condemn the behaviour of No 10 officials who were reported as having said that Miliband was «giving succour» to the Assad regime by refusing to back the government over its plan for military action.

Senate President Bukola Saraki, said the Senate would soon meet with security chiefs over military action against members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

«We have a good record on consulting parliament - having a vote in parliament if we decide to take any military action and we're conscious of the views of parliament on these matters and the need to be consulted,» foreign secretary William Hague said before the recall announcement was made.

In a statement tonight, the Prime Minister said: «The decision to take military action is one of the most serious a Prime Minister can make.

Cabinet minister Francis Maude has said that although the Government is doing all it can to keep up fuel supplies, alternative plans using military personnel are being put in place because «the last thing the country needs is (to be) brought to a standstill by irresponsible union action»

by Baylis, Wartz, and Gray, Oxford, 2013) says that covert action is in fact the covert use of the instruments of military, economic, informational, and diplomatic power.

Corbyn used a speech in London to say he was sorry for Tony Blair's decision to authorise military action in 2003.

And who on Syria had the courage to stand up and say that if the case was sound and the United Nations was properly engaged, Labour would support military action, but that Labour would not support a gung - ho Prime Minister, putting decision before evidence in a reckless dash to conflict.

And Conference, when David Cameron and William Hague now have the nerve to go round saying that Parliament's refusal to be bounced into military action in Syria has «diminished» Britain, let us reply: no Labour government will ever stand aside when terrible atrocities are committed and international law is broken.

Mr Cameron voted in favour of the invasion in 2003 as a Conservative backbencher and he said all those who backed the military action should «take our fair share of responsibility».

Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against military action in the Gambia following that country's presidential election, saying such action could threaten the security of the entire sub-region.

Her comments came after Jeremy Corbyn was criticised for a speech which was said to link terror attacks in the UK to foreign policy and military action overseas.

In response to reports that Theresa May could try to push a motion through the House of Commons on joining military action against Bashar al - Assad if she wins the election, Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry has said such a move would «risk open conflict between our armed forces and those of Russia and Iran.»

He said there were «widely held suspicions» that former Prime Minster Tony Blair conspired with the US President George W Bush and «systemically sought to falsify the evidence» months ahead of the military action in Iraq.