Terrorist Prisoners and Deradicalization

[davidbfpo]

A long comprehensive article by Jason Burke of The Guardian, which assembles information from around the globe and tries give an answer to this:

The problem, however, is that nobody knows if they actually work.

Link:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013...on-camps-work?

That the Pakistani police have such a programme I don't recall before. One thing is for sure:

Equally, success in many places, such as Singapore, may be as much to do with 24/7 surveillance of the released militants as anything else, experts say.

I am sure a week ago I read elsewhere that the Yemen is copying the Saudi model for returning GITMO prisoners; since the Saudis now admit a 20% recidivism rate one wonders if the Yemen will ever admit theirs.

There is an existing thread on 'Terrorist Prisoners and Deradicalization':http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=5219 and the wider 'Studies on radicalisation & comments':http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=7188

[davidbfpo]

A good 'Long read' in The Guardian on a topical subject:http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...-for-terrorism

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