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The General in charge of UK military operations in Iraq has said sending Western ground troops to fight Islamic State miltants would risk alienating Muslims. A year ago the British government approved airstrikes against ISIL targets after the group took control of territory in the region. Lieutenant General Gordon Messenger says a heavy handed approach by the WEST could backfire. It's a rare privilege to get such access to someone like that and this time Asian Network decided to do things a little differently. When we managed to secure an interview with Lieutenant General Messenger, we thought it would be a great opportunity for British Muslims to pose questions directly to him. When Sophie Zaheer, Mustafa Field and Omar Mehtoob met General Messenger in London , they wanted to find out more about the decisions behind the headlines
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