Icedove opens embedded images in iceweasel

[Wackojacko <wackojacko32@ntlworld.com>]

Using amd64 sid, updated today, KDE as Desktop.  2.6.23 kernel home rolled.

As of the recent icedove update (2 days ago) I am having a problem with 
icedove and embedded images.  If I click the load images button it 
attempts to open each of the embedded images in a separate iceweasel 
window.  As you can imagine with some e-mails this can run into tens or 
hundreds of iceweasel processes which quickly reduces my PC to a crawl 
and if not stopped causes it to thrash and require a reboot.

Anyone else seeing this problem or got any ideas how to fix it?

I've tried google and the BTS without success.

TIA

Wackojacko