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Britain is planning to send 1,000 ground troops into Isis-ridden Libya, an influential House of Commons committee said tonight.
The new Libyan unity government told MPs on the Foreign Affairs Committee during a visit to the war-torn country at the weekend that one of its first acts will be to accept the UK Government's offer to send in troops to help a 6,000-strong international force to shore up the new administration.
Isis has established a foothold on the Mediterranean coast, setting up its north African headquarters in the Libyan coastal town of Sirte, which sits just 200 miles from Europe.
UK and US officials are trying to persuade the Libyan government to accept 1,000 British troops to help in the fight against ISIS, which has seized control of strategic points along the Mediterranean coast
ISIS has set up a North African headquarters in the Libyan coastal city Sirte, Muammar Gaddaffi's hometown, which became ravaged by fighting between rival militias, pictured above, in 2011
British government officials travelled to Libya earlier this year to discuss the possibility of accepting UK troops to help train Libyan soldiers in its fight against Islamic militants.
Crispin Blunt, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said they had been told that Defence Secretary Michael Fallon will confirm the deployment at a European conference this week.
He has written to Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond demanding he makes a statement to MPs this week to explain the decision and to set out how the deployment 'is consistent with our policy objectives'.
The troops are expected to join an Italian-led force of around 6,000 ground forces to train Libyan soldiers in their fight against Islamic terrorists.
The Government of National Accord (GNA), backed by the UN, moved to take power of the crisis-hit country at the weekend.
The expansion of ISIS along the Mediterranean coast has raised fears that ISIS terrorists could pose as refugees boarding boats into Europe
Mr Blunt wrote: 'We heard that the GNA's likely first formal action will be to request that the UK and its allies conduct airstrikes against Isil targets in Libya.
'In the course of our meetings and discussions in North Africa, we also heard that the UK plans to contribute 1,000 ground troops to a 6,000-strong international force which will be deployed to Libya in the near future.'
He added: 'The pre-emptive deployment of UK military forces is now a matter for the House of Commons. I therefore request that you make a statement to the House on the state of the plan for any deployment of UK military forces in Libya before the Defence Secretary agrees the UK component of any international force and explain how this deployment is consistent with our policy objectives.'
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