Families of slain Iraqis struggle with feelings of grief , revenge . Truth commissions provide forums for victims to be heard , perpetrators to testify . Process lets the ` ` directly confront '' the past . The Wissams are among the hundreds of thousands of Iraqis caught in the maelstrom of the militia violence that rippled across Iraq after the 2006 bombing in Samarra of the Askariya Mosque , a Shiite shrine . Truth commissions could lead to other societal improvements , backers say .
Families of slain Iraqis struggle with feelings of grief , revenge . Truth commissions provide forums for victims to be heard , perpetrators to testify . Process lets the ` ` directly confront '' the past . Truth commissions could lead to other societal improvements , backers say .