Two upstart members of Turkey’s national youth group are under the illusion that — together — they’re Borat Sagdiyev, or that American troops are potatoes, because according to several reports in the region the duo attempted to pull a sack over the head of a United States airman at a nearby airbase over the weekend.

Allegedly, the burlap-loving partners are part of the “right-wing group”. They’ve been identified by state-run media as Yalcin Semir Akarsu and Cenk Kizilirmak, and have both been placed under house arrest after the wacky action at Incirlik Air Force Base in the Adana province.

One of the kids filmed the other while he attempted to cover the U.S. military member in the sack’s darkness.

Neither Turkey nor the U.S. has made a comment regarding the incident.

This from the Associated Press:

The nationalist Turkish Youth Union posted footage on Twitter in which the man identified by Dogan as Akarsu is heard as saying, “You put a sack over our soldiers’ heads in 2003. You are responsible for that and for the terrorism in our country.”

He was referring to an incident in July 2003 in which a group of Turkish special forces operating in northern Iraq were arrested by U.S. soldiers and led away with hoods over their heads to be interrogated. They were released after 60 hours in response to protests by top Turkish leaders, but what became known as “the Hood event” was seen by many Turks as a deliberate insult.

Akarsu also was referring to the recent series of bombings in Turkey since last summer, some claimed by Kurdish militants and others blamed by the authorities on the Islamic State group.

“You cannot leave your base, but we can come to your prison and put this sack (on your head),” he said.

UPDATE: This is — reportedly — video footage of the incident …