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Dannatt: No victory without boots on ground in Syria

World at One

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The former British Army chief Lord Dannatt told Mark Mardell that air power on its own will not defeat the so-called Islamic State. He was speaking the day before Britsh members of Parliament were due to vote to potentially authorise military action in Syria.

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