U.K. leader David Cameron loses preliminary vote on action against Syria

U.K. leader David Cameron loses preliminary vote on action against Syria

Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:54:30 PM National News Alert U.K. leader David Cameron loses preliminary vote on action against Syria British Prime Minister David Cameron has lost a vote endorsing military action against Syria by 13 votes, a stunning defeat for a government which had seemed days away from joining the U.S. in possible attacks to punish Bashar al-Assad’s regime over an alleged chemical weapons attack. Thursday evening’s vote was nonbinding, but in practice the rejection of military strikes means Cameron’s hands are tied. In a terse statement to Parliament, Cameron said it was clear to him that the British people did not want to see military action. Read more at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/uks-push-to-action-in-syria-slowed-by-labour-party-government-to-publish-legal-advice/2013/08/29/ec707f8e-108b-11e3-a2b3-5e107edf9897_story.html