UK will help US with air strikes on Iraq

BRITAIN could provide logistical support for US strikes to combat insurgents involved in the deepening crisis in Iraq, Cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith has said. The Work and Pensions Secretary’s comments yesterday came amid reports of a Cabinet rift over how strong the UK support for any US military action should be. Mr Duncan Smith said “we have got to do what we can” to support the US if president Barack Obama takes action against the extremist militant group ­Islamic State of Iraq.

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