That makes absolutely no freakin' sense....he thought it would be safer to stay in Iraq than to take a ride to the airport? Strange.
OK folks all of you have missed this one. Get out your tin-foil 10-gallon hat. NOTICE where he was doing tower work? None other than the Abu Gharib PRISON!!! Could it be that Nick was acting for ANSWER to find the "silver bullett" the RATS needed to defeat Bush?
Someone in an above post I think hit the nail on the head--he was working as a go between ANSWER and AQ. Could it be ANSWER sent him there to get the dirt on prison?