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    Denmark ready to send support to fight ISIS in Syria, Iraq

    Denmark is ready to send F16 fighter jets and 400 special forces to Iraq and Syria to fight ISIS, Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said Friday.

    AFP reports that a majority of political parties in parliament's foreign affairs committee expressed support Friday for the government's proposal, and "the government will on the basis of today's meeting submit a bill to a parliamentary vote to strengthen the campaign against IS [another term for ISIS]," a statement from the prime minister's office said.