Corbyn Threatens Cameron Plan to Bomb Islamic State in Syria
British Labour party leadership contender Jeremy Corbyn, left, addresses the media as he arrives to address a speech in west London, on Aug. 17, 2015.
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Prime Minister David Cameron may be forced to drop plans to expand U.K. military operations against Islamic State into Syria if the opposition Labour Party elects the anti-war campaigner Jeremy Corbyn as its next leader.
Cameron last year secured Parliament’s approval to bomb the group, also known as ISIL, in Iraq, without requesting permission to attack targets in Syria because of a lack of political agreement from Labour and within his own coalition government. Having won a majority in May elections, he had planned to return to the issue once Labour had elected a leader.