No Soldiers Will Return To Iraq: Britain And The U.S. Rule Out Sending Troops Despite Al Qaeda's Takeover Of Two Major Cities -- Daily Mail
* Al Qaeda-linked fighters have taken over the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi
* Foreign Office spokesman said ministers are 'deeply concerned'
* Sources dismiss military involvement five years after UK troops left country
* U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday the U.S. will support Iraq's fight against Al Qaeda-linked militants but will not send troops
* Uprising is a huge blow to the Shia-led government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
* Bombings in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 20 people Sunday
* Kerry has just spent three days in the Middle East for talks with leaders about peace-making efforts
Britain and the U.S. last night ruled out sending troops back to Iraq despite the takeover of two major cities by Al Qaeda.
A Foreign Office spokesman said ministers were ‘deeply concerned’ by events in Fallujah and Ramadi, where Al Qaeda-linked fighters have taken control, but sources dismissed any military involvement almost five years after the last British troops were pulled out of the country.
Bombings in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 20 people yesterday, while violence around Ramadi left at least 22 soldiers and 12 civilians dead, as well as an unknown number of militants.
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