9.24.2004

The Orange Prison Jumpsuit Again

Reader RH wrote in to note that he says he found a place mirroring one of the gruesome hostage beheading videos this week and notes that the one he saw was wearing those US style orange prison uniforms again.

The orange prison uniform (the ones we took to Abu Ghraib and other places, which from what little I can tell, aren't usually sold or used elsewhere) still bothers me. It's like a puzzle piece that does not fit in.

Yeah, you can argue that lots of pieces don't fit together if you saw our treatment of Iraqi prisoners on Nightline last night (very, very disturbing) and what appear to be honest, non-combatants being beheaded on video. But I feel like that orange US prisoner outfit so many hostages are placed in before execution is either a clue or a signal.