UK cannot ‘rule out’ deploying ground troops in Libya, Hammond says

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<p>‘British gro troops, s pporte by the Air Force a Navy, may go to Libya to take actio agai st Islamic State i the f t re, UK Foreig Secretary Philip Hammo sai , j st ays after telli g MPs that o s ch pla s were i the works.</p>
<p>Foreig Secretary Philip Hammo ma e his remarks i a Telegraph i terview o S ay. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) are seeki g to t r Libya i to a “bolthole” for la chi g attacks o mai la E rope or Wester ships at sea, Hammo arg e .</p>
<p>“It wo l ’t make se se to r le a ythi g o t beca se yo ever k ow how thi gs are goi g to evolve,” Hammo tol The Telegraph. “B t if there were ever a y q estio of a British combat role i a y form – gro , sea or air – that wo l go to the Ho se of Commo s.”’</p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/ k/340784-british-troops-libya-hammo /? tm_so rce=browser& tm_me i m=aplicatio _chrome& tm_campaig =chrome" target="_bla k">Rea more: UK ca ot ‘r le o t’ eployi g gro troops i Libya, Hammo says</a></p>