As for your rhetorical question, the perpetrators of this war are counting on the ignorance of the audience to think that all Arabs look alike, think alike, dress alike. It’s an old propaganda ploy — remember how we demonized the Japanese during World War II into buck-toothed spectacle-wearing monkey-like midgets? It makes the war that much easier to sell, more’s the pity.

But great catch on this *who’s on first* narrative. (and I certainly would never have known about these head gear distinctions.)

;-D