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"Fighting Needs To Intensify" In Fight Against IS

In the wake of Friday's beach massacre in Tunisia in which at least 30 British people are thought to have been killed, retired military commanders have been voicing their views.

They've spoken about the strategy on dealing with Islamic state, and how the international community has been faring against the extremists so far.

Lord Dannatt said more must be done to tackle the jihadi force, including looking at sending in allied special forces to destabilise its powerbase.

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IS, also known as ISIS and ISIL, is using the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as a call to arms for supporters to attack the West.

Asked if enough was being done militarily to defeat IS, the peer told BBC One's Sunday Politics: "The short answer is no. We are not doing enough right across the piste."