Prisoner Release May Cause Chaos in Iraq
With the acceleration of the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, more prisoners are being released from prisons in that country. There is much concern that many of these former terrorists and militiamen could turn back to a life of crime:
Although none of them predicted a return to the anarchy and sectarian carnage of 2006-2007, when scores of bodies might show up in the street on any day, officials suggested that the groups were preparing for the onset of a U.S. military withdrawal.
Their warnings make for an irony at the beginning of the end of the American presence here. As the United States dismantles Bucca, viewed by many as an appalling miscarriage of justice where prisoners were not charged or permitted to see evidence against them, freed detainees may end up swelling the ranks of a subdued insurgency.
