Britain plans to deploy the military in response to the health and rail attacks

It british government consider deployment military personnel to try to minimize the effects of attacks health workers, ambulance, rail transport and other sectors planned before Christmas, shown this Sunday Nadhim Zahawi, minister without portfolio in Executive.

“We have that strong emergency team (Cobra). is studying what we need to minimize problems for citizens. We are studying (positioning) the military and special response forces that we formed several years ago,” Zahawi said skynews.

The government detailed in a statement that his contingency plan includes the mobilization of 600 soldiers and 700 civil servants of the so-called Rapid Reaction teams for disasters and emergencies.

“A decision has not been made about sending troops, however it is part of the range of options available should the strike continue as they were brought up”, determined the Executive.

More than 40,000 workers in the railway sector are planning two strikes The 48 hours of December 13 and 16, which will paralyze most of the country’s trains, while the 16th will also be the first of four attacks by Eurostar security personnel, who will also attack December 18, 22 and 23.

Thousands of nurses from the public health service will leave their posts on December 15 and 20while thousands of ambulance drivers and workers have already voted to call the strike, which is expected to be organized in coordination with nurses.

They have also announced a strike to sue better working conditions for employees of the former public postal company Royal Mailwhich will stop the distribution of letters and packages on December 9, 11, 14, 15, 23, and 24.

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