Amid the huge amount of comment about the displaying of prisoners by the Iraqis to news media, nobody seems to have picked up on the positive aspect.
Once these prisoners' faces have been seen by the world as captives, their subsequent survival is assured, as they are known to be alive and cannot easily then be 'dissappeared.' If I were in the grim position of one of those prisoners I would be very relieved to get my face and name on the telly!