Rasta reinforcements for Israel's northern flank

In amongst all the suffering and sadness, occasionally you just come across some plain weird stuff. (AFP via the BBC)
Is that the craziest haircut in modern warfare or what? How d'ya get a helmet on that?

Update: Mike in Jerusalem notes that Ziggy Marley is in Israel currently for some concerts. Perhaps he's signed up to help out? If you click on this link for a picture of Ziggy you've got to admit the resemblence is freaky - just swap that guitar for an M16. We may have a world exclusive on our hands.