Posted on 06/22/2014 6:41:49 AM PDT by TigerClaws
Special Forces troops heading to Iraq to advise the Iraqi security forces will not receive combat pay but will have immunity from local law, Pentagon officials said Friday.
"This is not a combat mission, they are not being sent to participate in combat," said Rear Adm. John Kirby, the Pentagon press secretary, of the 300 Special Forces troops ordered to Iraq by President Obama on Thursday.
Consequently, the troops would not be eligible for "imminent danger pay" of $7.50 daily up to $225 per month for service members in areas where they could be at grave risk, Kirby said.
Kirby said danger pay ended for U.S. troops with the withdrawal of forces at the end of 2011, and Iraq currently was no longer considered a combat zone in terms of pay and benefits for U.S. troops.
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Had ENOUGH Yet ?
If the President was sending them to a combat zone, the War Powers Act would kick in. This no combat-pay thing is an end-run around Congress.
Excuse me? Excuse me? REad the side bars. Catch up on the reality. Iran runs Iraq. Iran got us out of there. Iran pulls Maleki’s strings. Iran is in control. Iran wants us out of Iraq. Iran will capture or kill are troops. IT’s IRAN MAN! And we have a weak kneed sister president. We’re in worse trouble than Jimmy Carter. And we haven’t seen the worst yet....
You have China telling Argentina to re take the Falklands...and Obama will do nothing... YOu have China laying claims to Japan Islands and we will do nothing...
Now is the perfect time for China to attack Taiwan..
We have the weakest president in our history. He has no guts.
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