Based on what I have heard, and putting a little two and two together, I came up to this:
Big strong guy, not scared of heights (or much of anything else, I gather) wandering around IRaq looking to make fast non-taxable income fixing telecom stuff, mostly antennas and such.
What got him in trouble, from what I gather, is that his passport had a very recent stamp from Isreal... I didn't grasp the reasons why this would be an issue beyond the fact that most in the arab world aren't too fond of Isreal or it's people.
However, there is a bigger question, which is what is a 26 year old american with no fixed job doing wandering around Iraq? Isn't it just plain to see that this whole situation could have been avoided with a little PERSONAL COMMON SENSE? You couldn't get my ass into Iraq with anything less than a small platoon to protect me. What was this yahoo doing even in the country to start with?
Freedom to death, I guess. :-(
Alex
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