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Originally Posted by sappersgt
Paid? Does the Geneva Convention say we've got to pay POWs? If so so then at what rate do they accrue pay? The Iraqi Army rate or the much, much higher USA rate? I know you can collect unemployment upon your discharge from the army.   |
They have to be given an allowance to enable them to buy necessities (soap, etc. IIRC). This turned out in fact to be more than the Iraqi army had been paying them, despite being a very small amount.