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Imminent Danger Pay and immunity for Iraq bound SF personnel.
[Mil.com] Special Forces troops heading to Iraq to advise the Iraqi security forces will receive combat pay and also have immunity from local law, Pentagon officials said."Imminent Danger Pay is, and will be, in effect for service members deployed to Iraq," Lt. Cmdr. Nate Christensen, a Pentagon spokesman, said in an e-mail statement Saturday. If they [US Military Personnel] fall under the command and control [C2] of the Ambassador to Iraq and the State Department, they are then covered by Diplomatic Immunity [black passport]. Sounds great, until someone in the Iraqi government declares them persona non grata (PNG) in which case they must immediately leave the country. Perhaps we could ask retired General Carter Ham what his views might be with regard to Foggy Bottom subverting the purview of the regional Combatant Commander and Specified Commands. Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-24 |
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