In Iraq, Chaos Feared As U.S. Closes Prison -- Washington PostEx-Inmates Reanimate Sunni, Shiite Militias
GARMA, Iraq -- The release of hundreds of prisoners from Camp Bucca, a U.S.-run prison in southern Iraq, has facilitated the revival of Shiite militias and Sunni insurgents in Basra, Baghdad and the borderless expanse here along the Euphrates, according to police chiefs, intelligence officials in the Interior Ministry and residents.
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.
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My Comment: Most if not all of these prisoners are not innocent. The decision to release them will cost dearly the lives of many Iraqis and Americans and delay the transformation of Iraq into a peaceful country by years.