British fighter jets are now poised to join the U.S. and its allies in the airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced Wednesday.

Cameron told the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that the UK is prepared to combat "an evil against which the whole world must unite."

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His announcement came after both Netherlands and Belgium have committed warplanes against the Islamist group.

In what is seen as a rallying cry for the British Parliament to support military action in the region, Cameron warned that its previous mistake with the war in Iraq should not prevent it from beating back the terrorists.

He told world leaders gathered in New York that the Islamic State group, also known as Daesh in Arabic, have plans to carry out its atrocities across the world.

The British Parliament will convene on Friday to vote on whether the UK will join the airstrikes in Iraq. However, the prime minister has ruled out joining the air raids mounted by the U.S. against Daesh targets in Syria.

Before leaving the general assembly in New York, Cameron told reporters he had spoken to Labour Party leader Ed Miliband and expressed confidence that the House of Commons support joining the aerial mission.

"What we are doing is legal," Cameron said.

He noted that the UN Security Council has received a request from Iraq's new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi for military support and stressed that there would be no British boots on the ground.

Amid speculation that RAF fighter planes will join French and American warplanes as early as this weekend, Cameron declined to confirm when Britain will join the airstrikes and for how long, but said it might take some time.

Meanwhile, Dutch and Belgian forces have outlined a plan on Wednesday to send 12 F-16 fighter planes to join the campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq, following the appeal from Baghdad for military support, Deputy Prime Minister Lodewijk Asscher said.

According to Deutsche Welle, the Dutch will also deploy 250 pilots and support staff and 130 military personnel to help train Iraqi and Syrian troops, the main forces that stand against the Islamic State.

Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said its country's operation in the region, which also includes 120 military personnel, will be limited only in Iraq, Deutsche Welle reported.

The troops will be stationed in Jordan, the report said. 

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