Bullets needed to end Iraq terror, says Shropshire MP

Wrekin MP Mark Pritchard has said that without action, the group calling themselves the Islamic State, formerly Isis, will continue to cause "terror and destruction".

However, the MP has said that there will be no need to recall parliament unless the UK is forced into military intervention.

Currently, the UK is flying in aid over Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq while plans to rescue stranded Yazidis are firmed up, including Britain's role in the action.

Mr Pritchard has said that parliament should only be recalled if the UK faces taking military action.

He said: "If the UK is mobilised in any form of military action then parliament should be recalled but we are not at that point at the moment.

"I think the government is right to be cautious before it calls back politicians from places all over the world. It would cost a huge amount of money.

"This is predominantly at the moment a humanitarian operation.

"If that changes to a military operation then I think parliament should be recalled."

Though Mr Pritchard said he did not think the UK was at that stage yet, he said the Islamic State would need to be confronted.

He said: "We have to keep an open mind but I don't think it's at that stage at the moment.

"Unless Isis are stopped they will continue to wreak havoc on the region.

"Bread alone will not stop Isis, it will require bullets.

"The root cause of this is a terrorist organisation wanting to push their perverse form of Islam onto others to create one super-Islamic state.

"We actively need to confront the enemy, unless they are killed or they are forced to lay down their weapons, they will continue to cause terror and destruction.

"We need to confront that, sooner rather than later."

The terrorist organisation, the Islamic State (IS) was formed in April 2013, from Al-Qaeda in Iraq .

It is now one of the main jihadist groups fighting in Iraq and Syria and claims to have fighters from the UK and Europe as well as the US, the Arab world and the Caucasus.

It is believed that IS are trying to form its own Islamic state, governed by strict Muslim law.

In March 2013, it took over the Syrian city of Raqqa and in January of this year took hold of Fallujah, in the western province of Anbar.

It also seized large sections of Ramadi, and has a presence in a number of towns near the Turkish and Syrian borders.

However, its capture of Mosul, Iraq, in June caused real concern with Western world leaders, with the US saying the fall of the city posed a massive threat to the rest of the region.

America has now begun unmanned air strikes on jihadists in northern Iraq.