ABSTRACT
As the United States searched for answers, radical teachings inside compounds were motivating detainees to react to the injustice of detention. From 2004 to 2006, most detainees felt there was no hope. There were no legal proceedings, compounds were overcrowded, most did not know why they were detained, few were getting family visits, there was nothing to do, and no hope for release. Meanwhile, religious extremists within compounds žlled heads with stories of retribution and revenge against the kažr in exchange for everlasting bliss. Nothing unites a group more strongly than a feeling of persecution and injustice. Detainees wanted a reason to retaliate-in some cases against a lifetime of repression-and any reason would do. So, coming together as a whole, in some cases for the žrst time, detainees lashed out at the people who held them captive (Figure 3.1). They were angry, they were bitter, they were žlled with rage, and they were determined to let the American forces know just how much, even if that meant from within detention.
