I don't believe he was wandering around unescorted. I notice this piece left out the fact that he was offered a phone call home. He wanted to wait til he was in kuwait. Why?
The phonecall answer is interesting too. He obviously felt he was going to be listened in on....which is very likely. What did he not want to say? Nick's travels don't add up in the end. You can't find a single US businessman who is in Iraq...that isn't dealing directly with the US or the Iraqi council. Unless you are running some kinda illegal scheme...you just won't make any cash in this country. Something smells fishy on this story.