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Pentagon Raises Combat Pay For First Time Since 2002 As Iran War Persists

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,

The Pentagon has raised combat pay for US troops for the first time since 2002, Task & Purpose has reported, as the Iran war continues and another round of escalation between the US and Iran appears to be coming.

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced the pay increase last week. "Our troops in harm’s way deserve compensation that reflects their risk. For the first time in over two decades, the Department of War is increasing Hostile Fire Pay and Imminent Danger Pay," he wrote on X.

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Parnell said that Hostile Fire Pay, which troops can receive if their base or unit comes under enemy fire, has been increased to $450 per month, double the previous amount.

Imminent Danger Pay, provided to troops "subject to the threat of physical harm or imminent danger," has increased to a maximum of $275 per month, up $50 from the previous rate. US troops can receive either Hostile Fire Pay or Imminent Danger Pay, but cannot receive both simultaneously.

While increasing combat pay, the Pentagon is also reducing the maximum amount troops can receive in Hardship Duty Pay-Location from $150 to $100 per month. The benefit compensates troops stationed in areas with particularly difficult living conditions, rather than for exposure to combat.

After the Iran war started, the Pentagon expanded the locations that are eligible for Imminent Danger Pay to include Arab states that host US bases, Turkey, Cyprus, the Greek island of Crete, the US base at Diego Garcia, and the waters of the Arabian Gulf, Arabian Sea, and Gulf of Oman.

Throughout the war in Iran, US bases across the Middle East have been pounded by Iranian missiles and drones, resulting in a significant number of US casualties, which have been downplayed by the Pentagon.

According to the Pentagon’s official numbers, since the US and Israel started the war with a sneak attack on Iran on February 28, at least 19 US troops have been killed, and 861 have been wounded.

——> Pentagon doubles combat pay for troops under fire • Hostile-fire pay jumps from $225 to $450 a month starting today • Imminent-danger pay rises to $275 as U.S. forces stay in Iran-related danger zones https://t.co/RxEXmaq53p

— Odisus (@Odisus) October 1, 2026

According to a recent report from The Washington Post, the Pentagon has not reported all of the US military deaths in the region since the conflict began. The report put the number of deaths of US service members at up to 23, though it said not all undisclosed deaths were directly tied to the conflict, and it also said that three civilian contractors have died.

Tyler Durden Mon, 10/05/2026 - 20:55

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Canada Has The Nuclear Technology. Why Buy The Dependency?

Saskatchewan’s recent announcement envisages two large reactors supplying more than 2,000 MW in the northwest, potentially starting in 2042, plus at least 600 MW from small modular reactors near Estevan.

The ambition makes sense. The willingness to acquire more foreign dependencies… does not.

The list of potential vendors for large reactors is short:

• Westinghouse and its AP1000
• AtkinsRealis and Canadian CANDU technology

Will Canada import Westinghouse and their American reactor technology, or keep everything in-house with AtkinsRealis and the CANDU?

In today's era of national energy security, it's not exactly clear why Canadian leadership is taking more than 3 seconds to make the logical choice.

Saskatchewan is choosing between building their own homegrown reactor technology with an almost fully domesticated fuel and manufacturing supply chain, or instead, importing American nuclear technology and becoming reliant on US fuel and supply chain support for the next century.

Decisions, decisions…

While Westinghouse does wear a metaphorical red leaf on their collar (given their Canadian company ownership with Cameco and Brookfield), the AP1000 reactor technology is still American-based and is subject to export controls from the US.

On top of that, one of the biggest dependencies Canada will find themselves with is an additional need for uranium enrichment. They've already incurred a small amount of this pain with the BWRX-300 project at Darlington, but otherwise, the country runs on natural uranium due to the design of the CANDU reactor fleet.

One of the best features of the CANDU reactor is its heavy water moderator that allows it to use uranium enriched to as low as under 1% U-235, which is similar to the enrichment level of uranium that is pulled straight out of the ground. This allows the Canadian nuclear industry to largely skip the need for uranium enrichment, which is a painful bottleneck which will likely hold back the nuclear renaissance both in the U.S. and abroad.

The majority of the rest of the reactors in the world require the uranium that's used inside their cores to be enriched to somewhere between 3% and 5% U-235.

Why voluntarily add a strategic bottleneck to a system that already avoids it?

And while it's not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison, the recent history of major nuclear projects in the two countries is painful to look at side by side.

The AP1000 reactors at Vogtle 3 and 4 in Georgia came in tens of billions of dollars over budget and years late. The sister project, VC Summer, wasn't even finished and was abandoned.

Compare that to the recent nuclear mega project of heavily refurbishing four CANDU reactors at the Darlington site. The project finished 4 months early and CAD$150m under budget. A similar refit at the Bruce site finished 7 months early and also under budget.

There may also be a political calculation here with the ongoing tariff fight. Canadian leaders could see an AP1000 order as a way to keep Trump happy and buy some breathing room. Westinghouse’s Canadian ownership would help sell the decision at home, while its American reactor technology would give Trump an export victory to advertise.

Tyler Durden Mon, 10/05/2026 - 20:30

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Gunmen Attack Christian Town In Syria, Wounding Woman & Smashing Shops

Via The Cradle

Gunmen on motorcycles attacked the Christian town of Suqaylabiyah in the Hama countryside in Syria on Saturday, smashing shops and opening fire on residents, the Syrian Justice Archive (SJA) reported.

Armed men coming from the nearby Sunni town of Qalaat al-Madiq attacked Christian-owned shops and opened fire on residents with Kalashnikov rifles, wounding a woman on Al-Mashwar Road.

Source: Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch

The Syrian government's General Security forces reportedly allowed the armed men to pass through their checkpoints to enter Suqaylabiyah and did not intervene to stop the violence.

Instead, they launched an arrest campaign against local men who gathered to defend the town with sticks and knives. They arrested two local Christian men, Shadi Nassab and Amjad Lyous.
Meanwhile, Al-Ghab District Director Mohammad al-Attal told SANA that Internal Security Forces responded to the scene, brought the situation under control, and restored calm to the city.

Father Fadi Sankari of Saints Peter and Paul Church in Suqaylabiyah issued a statement on Facebook condemning the attacks and calling on residents to defend one another. "My dear children, what is happening in our parish today is unacceptable and condemned, and no one has the right to enter your homes or threaten your security and dignity," Sankari wrote.

"We don't want chaos, and we don't want revenge, but we also won't accept that our people live in fear, or that the tragedy of destruction we've known before repeats itself," he added.

He called on Syrian authorities to protect the town. "Your responsibility is to protect people, not to stand by watching fear and assault; and loose weapons cannot be a substitute for the rule of law."

Dozens of gunmen carried out a similar attack on Suqaylabiyah in March after an altercation broke out between local young men and young men from Qalaat al-Madiq. The fighting began after the young men from Qalaat al-Madiq began harassing two local women, causing the local young men to intervene.

Today, October 3, Christians in Syria were once again subjected to violence and attacks against their people and property. Islamist mobs attacked Christians and their property in Al-Suqaylabiyah, in the heart of Syria’s historic Orthodox Christian presence, with members of the General Security participating in the attack instead of protecting the community. This is what Syria’s Christians are enduring today: attacks on people, homes, businesses, churches, and communities that have existed on this land for centuries. What happened today is not something that should pass unnoticed. It must be documented, those responsible must be held accountable, and the involvement of security forces must be investigated. Syria’s Christians are not guests in Syria. This is their ancestral homeland.

— Greco-Levantines World Wide (@GrecoLevantines) October 3, 2026

Shortly after the altercation was broken up, five youths from Qalaat al-Madiq arrived, armed with sticks and knives, and began breaking and smashing shops. They were soon joined by dozens of other armed men who beat residents with sticks and opened fire with weapons at shops, restaurants, and cafes.

General Security personnel refrained from intervening or, at times, accompanied groups of the attackers.

Saturday's attack on Suqaylabiyah comes days after the brutal killing of eight Alawite men from the town of Al-Fahel in the Hama countryside.

Gunmen opened fire on the men as they traveled by bus near the town of Masyaf on 30 September. All passengers on the bus were engineers and workers from Al-Mateen Company.

In January 2025, Sunni-extremist gunmen linked to Syria's new government massacred 16 Alawite men in Al-Fahel during a raid and search of the village.

Two months later, on March 7 2025, Sunni extremists and government security forces carried out a massacre across dozens of locations on the Syrian coast, killing over 1,600 Alawite civilians. The same groups carried out a similar massacre of Druze in Suwayda governorate in July of the same year.

✝️🇸🇾Destruction of a Virgin Mary statue and looting of Christian-owned shops in Al-Suqaylabiyah by groups affiliated with transitional authorities in the “New Syria”. https://t.co/yxjqDKbtoy

— ☧ Milad ܝܠܕܐ (@PalCatholic) March 27, 2026

Religious minorities from the Alawite, Christian, and Druze communities have been regularly targeted by Sunni extremists linked to Syrian security forces since Syria's new government took power in October 2024.

The new government in Damascus is led by Ahmad al-Sharaa, a former leader of Al-Qaeda in Syria who enjoys strong backing from the US, UK, and Turkey.

Sharaa and members of his previous armed group, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), are Sunni extremists who believe that Christians should be discriminated against and that Alawites and Druze should be killed and their property taken, according to the teachings of the medieval religious scholar Ibn Taymiyyah.

Tyler Durden Mon, 10/05/2026 - 20:05

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