To Watch Click on the following link http://attarmms.com/vb/attarmms143432 'We will oppose ISIS with every breath in our body': Foreign Secretary says terrorist who beheaded US journalist IS British and troops could be sent to Baghdad, as Cameron breaks off holiday over crisis Philip Hammond said ISIS had declared war and UK had to act 'on that basis' Said jihadist video showing execution of US journalist James Foley 'genuine' Foreign Secretary revealed fighter in the online video 'appears to be British' He added it was 'an appalling example of the brutality of this organisation’ Mr Hammond said ISIS is 'a poison, a cancer' which could spread Reveals British troops could be sent to Baghdad to train Iraqi forces But he insisted Parliament did not have to be recalled from summer recess David Cameron this morning broke off his holiday to return to Downing Street, following the brutal execution of an American journalist by an Islamic State jihadist thought to be British. The Prime Minister will hold meetings today over the 'shocking and depraved' execution of photographer James Foley. The dramatic development came after the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said the Islamic State was waging war on Britain and the West and the organisation had to be dealt with 'on that basis'. He also said the jihadist filmed executing Mr Foley ‘appears to be British’ and revealed the Government believed the video was 'genuine'. Mr Hammond said the UK would oppose the Islamic State 'with every breath in our body' and could send British troops to Baghdad to train Iraqi forces to fight the 'evil organisation'. A Number 10 spokeswoman said: 'If true, the brutal murder of James Foley is shocking and depraved. 'The Prime Minister is returning to Downing Street this morning. He will meet with the Foreign Secretary and senior officials from the Home Office, Foreign Office and the agencies to discuss the situation in Iraq and Syria and the threat posed by ISIL (Islamic State) terrorists.' Mr Hammond said the brutal Islamic State video of Mr Foley, who went missing in Syria two years ago, was ‘an appalling example of the brutality of this organisation’. In the video Mr Foley is seen kneeling in a desert-like environment at an unknown location as an IS fighter stands by his side dressed in black and with his face covered. After both Foley and the militant issue statements, the journalist is killed in a barbaric beheading which takes seven-minutes due to the jihadist using a small knife. Mr Hammond said the video had not been verified but ‘all the hallmarks point to it being genuine’. The Foreign Secretary said his reaction to the clip was ‘horror, absolutely horror at what appears to be a brutal execution’. He added: ‘On the face of it, it appears to be a British person.’ The Foreign Secretary said Britain needed to act against ISIS. ‘We need to push it back, we need to counter the poisonous ideology that it promotes.’ He insisted this would not amount to ‘Western boots on the ground’, but admitted training Iraqi troops was ‘certainly something that we would consider’. ‘We could decide to put limited numbers of trainers into Baghdad for example.’ He added if we are ‘effectively saying we are prepared to wage war on ISIL’, Mr Hammond said: ‘It’s far too late for that debate.’ Mr Hammond said: ‘We are very clear that we are utterly opposed to the evil ideology of this organisation – the barbaric cruelty that they have displayed. ‘We are opposed to them with every breath in our body and we will continue to oppose this. ‘So any kind of threat they make, that if we oppose them they will come after us, frankly we’re long passed that point. ‘They are waging war on moderate Islamic opinion. They are waging war on the West and we have to deal with them on that basis.’ But the Foreign Secretary insisted the Government had not done anything ‘so far which has necessitated the recall of Parliament’. He also defended Mr Cameron amid criticism that he has remained on holiday in Cornwall. He said: ‘We’re all entitled to a break. We all operate a lot more effectively for having had one. ‘The Prime Minister is only a couple of hundred miles down the road in the UK. ‘He’s in constant contact with his ministers, with his officials, throughout the day. He is control.’ He added: ‘This Prime Minister does remain pretty focussed on what is going on.’ Mr Hammond said the Government knew there were 'a significant number of British nationals in Syria and Iraq operating with extremist organisations'.

• published: 20 Aug 2014
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