Hey! That's what I was thinking. They do look like Gitmo jumpsuits, but that's a pretty generic prisoner uniform. If it's supposed to be a purposeful reference to Gitmo, then it deserves mention. Otherwise, it is just partisan sensationalism, and I don't appreciate it.

Well its not like Islamic or Arab radicals taking a Westerner hostage is a new phenomena; its been going on for decades (Lebanon in the '80s was particularly risky). But parading them in orange jumpsuits -is- new. I don't buy your argument Eric, you may see these orange jumpsuits along your daily commute but these Islamic radicals in Iraq certainly don't. They only see it on TV, usually via Al Jazeera flooding Arab Television with images of Gitmo. A more interesting question is how common are orange jumpsuits in present day Iraq? I suspect not very, which makes the spectacle all the more striking.

Well its not like Islamic or Arab radicals taking a Westerner hostage is a new phenomena; its been going on for decades (Lebanon in the '80s was particularly risky).
Actually it's what the barbary treaties were all about and why the U.S. built a navy. I guess the 1780's risky too. Don't know how captives were dressed then.

On what daily commute might one see convicts in orange jumpsuits mowing the grass in the median of the highway? As someone born and raised in the USA (and has seen quite a bit of it except for the deep South), I can honestly say it's something I've never seen.

JohnS, I don't remember ever seeing it in the many places I lived in upstate NY and across PA, but it's certainly not unusual here in Virginia. It's not daily, maybe not weekly - well, maybe in the summer it is.

I would like an answer to Gerard's question. I don't know anybody living in Iraq or thereabouts, so I am relying on one of you!