Britain could go after ISIL in Libya, Syria: Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron says the UK may target the ISIL terrorist group in Libya and Syria if Britons or his country are threatened by it.

Cameron, who is in Indonesia as part of his Asia tour which will also take him to Malaysia and Vietnam, said that "the pressure is growing on ISIL."

"If there is a threat to Britain or to our people or our streets and we can stop it by taking immediate action against that threat, then I as Prime Minister will always want to try to take that action and that's the case whether that problem is emanating from Libya, from Syria or anywhere else," he said.

"What I have said with respect to Libya or indeed anywhere else - if there is a plot under way where I believe British citizens are in danger of being targeted, if it's possible to take action to stop that, I would. That is legal, that is right, that is proper and that's the role of the prime minister," Sky News quoted him as saying.

The UK PM said his country’s help in Libya would initially be advice, training and support for a new Government: "The problem in Libya is that they haven't had a Government that's been able to deliver and that should be our focus and that's why for instance we've helped with training military personnel so we should go on doing all of those things."

This is while Jim Brann with the ‘Stop the War Coalition’ says the Western front against the ISIL has only been part of the problem, not the solution as they are after their interests in the region and thus seek to interfere in such countries.

The comments follow recent revelations that British pilots have secretly been involved in bombarding targets in Syria.

Reports say Cameron himself was aware for months that British pilots were carrying out airstrikes in Syria, but the premier failed to reveal this to the parliament.

The UK Ministry of Defense has responded to the revelations by saying that “the UK is not conducting airstrikes in Syria. But we have a longstanding embed program with allies, where small numbers of UK personnel act under the command of host nations.”

The current Tory government is reportedly paving the way for a new parliament vote on military intervention in Syria, which it hopes to win by securing Labour support. A vote will not come until this autumn, by which time the opposition party will have a new leader.