It's a known, errr... practice, among Arabs, to desecrate the bodies of fallen enemies. When they execute people (at least here with the Palestinians), they cut the body in various parts, and hang it for all to see, and for various prey-birds to take random bites. Syrian soldiers, I hear, used to carry small hand-axes to mutilate the bodies of defeated troops (if I recall correctly, last sightings of this phenomenon were in the Yom Kippur war in 1973). So, it's not something new, really.

And - these things will keep on happening. The Iraqies won't tolerate anyone foreign controlling them, even if ultimately, it's the best thing for them. So... I just hope America pulls out of that hell-hole as soon as possible, and the hell with helping the Iraqi people, if this is their display of appreciation.