Key planning to support bombing Syria and Iraq

Our very own Israeli agent (and Wall St rep), in government is to decide whether we are going to join other countries in creating chaos and mayhem in the Middle East and to become a target of ISIS.

What, it may be asked, is he going to contribute?

Key signals IS fight decision next month

The Prime Minister says he expects to make a decision about whether New Zealand joins the fight against Islamic State (IS) by the middle of next month

Radio NZ,

7 October, 2014

John Key said he is likely to get advice this week about what military support this country could offer.

Mr Key said the Government is likely to make its own decision about whether to support the US-led campaign against IS, rather than wait for a call for assistance, and that a parliamentary debate is likely if the Government does decide to help in Iraq and Syria.

Mr Key said there is a range of assistance that could be provided and sending troops is at the outer edge of what he would want to do.

He said it is not unrealistic to say he will have made a decision by the time he goes to the G20 meeting in Brisbane in mid-November.

Meanwhile, an Australian security expert expects New Zealand will be asked to take part in the fight against IS.

The Australian air force has already sent six fighter jets to support air strikes by the US-led coalition and Greg Barton from Melbourne's Monash University said the United States will want to broaden international support for the air strikes saying New Zealand's involvement would be regarded as politically valuable.

Professor Barton said the strikes could continue for several years.

Federation of Islamic Associations questions travel plan

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The Federation of Islamic Associations says there is no guarantee restricting travel for New Zealand passport-holders to countries such as Iraq and Syria will yield positive results.

Yesterday Mr Key said New Zealand would "potentially" consider a law change to make it harder for people on New Zealand passports to return from countries such as Iraq and Syria if they have been fighting for militant groups such as IS.

But Federation president Anwar Ghani said similar laws imposed in other countries have not necessarily produced positive results and the intelligence gathered needs to be accurate to avoid infringing on people's right to travel