You know, instead of this being some test-run... maybe he's just a garden variety lunatic?
Yeah, really.
I have a friend who is Iraqi (he's Christian) and he was a POW in Iran for over 8 years. He escaped Iraq through Turkey, he described several attempts he made, boat trips, etc. and the questions he was asked at the embassy in Turkey, and the joy he felt at beign granted asylum in America. He was in fear for his life - the people there - the muslims - are crazy, he says. They will kill you if you say you know somebody they don't like! He tells me all these things through his broken english, often playing "charades," acting out what happened so I can understand when he just doesn't know the words.
Anyway, I think I'll ask him what he thinks of this guy. Maybe there's some cultural thing in Iraq where if you stick a meteor (I'm wondering if that's what the Iraqi meant when he said it's from another planet) and gum and wire up your butt, it's supposed to have medicinal value. I doubt it, but he's told me some other weird stuff they use as homemade remedies so you never know.