Foreign Affairs
Related: About this forumU.S. military pays Syrian rebels up to $400 per month: Pentagon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Syrian rebels receiving U.S. military training to battle Islamic State militants are being paid $250 to $400 per month, depending on their skills, performance and leadership position, the Pentagon said on Monday.
It was not immediately clear how many Syrian rebels were currently being paid. Army Colonel Steve Warren, a Defense Department spokesman, said last week that up to 200 Syrian fighters were undergoing training. A further 1,500 have completed the necessary screening.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in May that Syrian fighters participating in the U.S.-led mission would receive "some compensation," but he gave no figures.
Navy Commander Elissa Smith, a Pentagon spokeswoman, said trainees were each receiving a stipend.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN0P22BX20150622?irpc=932
merrily
(45,251 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)simply charming..
bemildred
(90,061 posts)That's pathetic.
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)President Barack Obamas reference to US training ISIL forces has raised eyebrows, no less because of the White Houses odd edit in the transcript of the presidents speech on confronting Islamic State.
After getting briefed on US efforts to fight the self-proclaimed Caliphate occupying large swaths of Syria and Iraq, Obama told reporters Monday at the Pentagon that the US was ramping up the training of local forces to complement airstrikes conducted by the US-led coalition.
What he actually said, however, was were speeding up training of ISIL forces, including volunteers from Sunni tribes in Anbar Province.
http://rt.com/usa/272470-obama-training-isis-slip/
MisterP
(23,730 posts)funding ISIS, because we said so: also us telling the radicals they're not nearly radical enough has nothing to do with their getting more radical"