Displaying a complete lack of decency, al-Jazeera has chosen to televise dead British soldiers:

Prime minister Tony Blair and the commander of UK forces in the Gulf have expressed outrage at al-Jazeera's decision to broadcast footage of what are believed to be dead British soldiers.

Mr Blair expressed "horror" at the deaths and the broadcast of pictures of the bodies on the Arab satellite TV network, according to a spokesman.

Air Marshall Brian Burridge, the commander of UK forces in the Gulf, added that al-Jazeera's decision to show the footage was "deplorable" and a "flagrant breach" of the Geneva convention.