The Age reports

Six Navy SEALs and the wives of two commandos have filed a lawsuit accusing The Associated Press of invasion of privacy and endangering lives by distributing pictures of them with Iraqi prisoners.

It is hard to imagine how publishing the pictures could make these guys any more at risk than they already are, being an occupying force in a country racked with civil and military unrest.

It is also worthy of note that none of the Iraqi prisoners pictured are sueing. Presumeably a number of them are already dead from the torture that the Navy SEALs inflicted so the risk of future death is fairly low for them. For the rest they are probably safer having their photos in the press.

I'm sorry but the self-centred irony and ethical myopia of this law suit beggars belief.