Did the Media Miss This Story!

Remember when Saddam declared a general amnesty for all prisoners in Iraq? Hmm...rapists, thieves, murderers set free. Could this have played a role in the initial sparking of the insurgency or in its current dependence on crime funding? The Christian Science Monitor headline was "Jailbirds Fly Free in Iraq" indicating that "Tens of thousands of Iraqi prisoners were released from custody this week by the regime of Saddam Hussein." For a blast from the past check out http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/1022/p07s01-wome.html. I've never heard another reference to this event since the war began. Just wondering.