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Liam Fox: Majority of those killed by IS are Muslims
2 December 2015 13:41 GMT
Former Defence Secretary Conservative MP Liam Fox is speaking about the never-before-seen threat of IS.
Supporting air strikes, Fox said the “jihadists” dehumanise their opponents by using religious language.
He was keen not to forget that the “majority of those killed [by IS] has been Muslims.”
“This is a group that does not seek accommodation, it seeks domination,” he said.
He said that IS territory needs to be taken and held and this will require an international coalition on the ground in Syria and Iraq.
“If we do not have security on the ground in Syria there is no chance of peace regardless of what happens in Vienna,” he added, referencing planned peace talks in Austria.