A good thing you are on a keyboard and not in charge of anything military.
Step back and take a breath. This action proves, to me, that Hussein is dead or incapacitated. He would never do something so visceral that would turn world opinion completely against Iraq.
This could be a turning point in this whole mess. The world turns against Iraq,
Excellent point. He is (was) a ruthless dictator but you don't stay in power for as long as he has and be stupid enough to execute POW's and then broadcast it to the world.
Like gassing entire villages of women and children? Like invading to neighboring nations? Yup, you're right... not like Saddam at all!
This could be a turning point in this whole mess. The world turns against Iraq,
Perhaps you haven't noticed, but there isn't a thing that Saddam could do to ever turn the opinions of radical Muslim nations against him, short of endorsing Salaman Rushdie and insulting all of Islam. Add in his sponsors in France, Germany, and Russia who don't seem to be too upset by his wide-spread raping, torturing, eye-gouging, tongue-removing, murdering, or gassing hobbies, and maybe you'll start to see that "world opinion" won't be swayed by some silly Geneva Convention rules violations. (Heck, letting Saddam ignore world body decrees is their favorite hobby lately!)