might be something like this:
(Yahoo caption: A U.S. Marine writes an identification number on the forehead of an Iraqi man detained during a search in Haditha, 220 kilometers (140 miles) northwest of Baghdad, Wednesday, May 25, 2005.
More than likely but whoever wrote it used Arabic numbers so it was either an Arabic speaking American, Iraqi soldier or an interpreter.
I went into the numerology aspect because of the unusual sect name the leader had.
I thought they would write something like a$$hole #1 A$$hole #347