IS advance ** danger to New Zealand forces in Iraq: PM
 

Wellington, May 26 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on Tuesday dismissed calls to pull New Zealand troops out of Iraq as Islamic State (IS) militants advanced to within 100 km of their base. Key told Radio New Zealand that his defence and national security advisors had informed him that New Zealand troops at Camp Taji, just **rth of Baghdad, were in ** greater danger after IS forces overran Ramadi. "But **ne of those have been triggered and at this point there's ** likelihood they'll be triggered." However, opposition lawmakers said the IS advance, along with US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter's criticism that Iraqi forces lacked the "will to fight", emphasised the futility of the NZDF's mission.

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