<< On Dec. 31, the Pentagon ended most incentives for U.S. soldiers to be based in Turkey, an area deemed as high risk amid rising anti-American sentiment during the war in Iraq. The Pentagon ended the exemption of U.S. soldiers from federal taxes in an arrangement known as combat zone tax exclusion. >>
Cutting the benefits of the servicemen assigned there because the Turks aren't cooperating?? WTF? Is that supposed to punish the Turks?