Just curious: if somebody came to you with that choice, what would your response be?
I know what my response would be: to try to kill the bastards who made the threat. You think an Iraqi man wouldn't do the same?
The "keyboard generals" love to pretend that the Iraqis will just accept whatever atrocities they'd have our troops commit. They're delusional.
If I had the merest clue of the striking power aimed at me, I'd drop a dime and tell everything I know.
Don't assume that you are dealing with Americans with tea-towels on their heads. You use fuedal solutions for dealing with fuedal minds.