Berg also claimed, during his first trip to Iraq, that he was picked up by authorities who were concerned about Iranians crossing over. He was held overnight (as I remember) and released. This has always stuck with me because in other reports he is said to have looked like a Marine with short hair. Somehow that doesn't describe an Iranian to me.
That is what he looked like in the body-building picture. However, if he let his hair & beard grow while he was out of the U.S. (like the prison picture) he would look like a Middle-Eastern person. His hair looks very dark & very curly. If he had on the right clothes & kept his mouth shut...