If this is true...

Some Iraqis will have a lot to answer for. If this is the treatment that American POWs can expect, this will indeed be a "war to the knife", with the only peace being the peace of the dead.

Make no mistake, if our forces believe that they will be killed if they surrender, they won't even try, which will result in more deaths on both sides. It may also affect the ability of Iraqis to surrender, particularly if they continue to fake their own surrenders to Allied forces.

This could get really ugly.