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* After [[War On Terror|Baghdad fell to the US Army]], the interim government fired all Baath Party-related military and civilian personnel and barred them from participating. Since being part of the party was the only real way of advancing through the ranks during the Saddam era, many people had joined up simply to survive, have a decent income or help their communities without necessarily supporting Saddam. The firing of the civilian personnel left Iraq without vital utilities (water and electricity) that wouldn't be restored to ''pre-Saddam levels'' until 2008 and the firing of the military/police personnel caused anarchy to break out within hours of the Coalition taking control. A lot of these people also took their expertise to the insurgency, thus bolstering its ranks with knowledge and equipment. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Nice Job Breaking It USA]].
* The [[wikipedia:Los Zetas Cartel|"Los Zetas" cartel]] in Mexico was founded by former Mexican special forces who, allegedly, were trained by the US Army at the School of the Americas at Fort Bragg.
* White Russians after the Russian Civil War formed a diaspora that was almost a separate ethnic group, and indeed if they hadn't assimilated in a couple generations would have been classed as such. Many Whites were inclined to look for trouble either because they had a chip on their shoulder or [[Only In It For The Money| just needed work.]] Because of this the Whites got into many an espionage history of the early twentieth century.
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