Surging Back

Today's New York Times has an article on a problem that will face displaced Iraqis that are returning to their homes: someone else may be living in them. Some one million internally displaced Iraqis are beginning to drift back to their old neighborhoods, only to find that the sectarian cleansing allowed under the "surge" has resulted in new sectarian boundaries for cities and neighborhoods. Officials in Iraq say that the Iraqi government has not adequately planned for this problem, and the result could be a new phase of violence as property disputes grow.