The guided-missile destroyer U.S.S. Gravely. (File photo: AFP)
Al Arabiya
Britain’s armed forces are drawing up contingency plans for military
action in response to last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack in
Syria, Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted Prime Minister David Cameron’s
spokesperson as saying on Tuesday.
Cameron will decide later on Tuesday whether to recall lawmakers from
their summer break to debate possible military intervention, Downing
Street said.
“We are continuing to discuss with our international partners what the
right response should be, but, as part of this, we are making
contingency plans for the armed forces,” AFP quoted the spokesperson as
saying.
“This is about deterring the use of chemical weapons.”
Meanwhile, Britain will continue talks with other world leaders to agree
on a “proportionate response” to the alleged chemical attack in a
Damascus suburb, which killed hundreds of civilians.
The Guardian newspaper reported on Monday that “warplanes and military
transporters have begun arriving at Britain’s Akrotiri airbase on
Cyprus,” in preparation for a military strike against Syria.
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