Rejected petition Petition to Recall Parliament to debate possible military actions in Northern Iraq

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Due to the rapidly developing situation on the ground in Iraq with increasing reports of minority Christians and Yazidis being slaughtered by Islamic State extremists in the north of Iraq, the House of Commons needs to be recalled from its summer recess to debate possible military action.

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Date submitted 11 August 2014
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