Prisoners: Pay
IRAQI PRISONERS OF WAR, now totaling more than 2,000, will receive a DAILY WAGE while they are in allied captivity, military sources said. Under guidelines of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Iraqi POWs will receive about $1.50 a day. The sources in London said the POWs could spend their wages on such items as cigarettes and razor blades. Under the Geneva Conventions, POWs cannot be forced to work or be assigned tasks with military significance.
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