‘UK bombed Syria to protect Iraq’: Cameron changes his story in UN letter

‘Britain’s ambassador to the United Nations has claimed that Britain’s killing of Islamic State militants in Syria was legal because the drone strikes that caused the fatalities were launched to defend Iraq.

The government’s justification for the killings contrasts sharply with Prime Minister David Cameron’s earlier rhetoric, which claimed the strikes against Islamic State (formerly ISIS/ISIL) were a justified means of defending Britain’s national security.

On Monday, Cameron told MPs the drone strikes were legal because they were intended to prevent attacks on Britain.

However, a letter sent to the UN Security Council (UNSC) by the British government laid out a different legal justification for bombing Syria.’

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