Let me see your ID

A friend of ours has been in Iraq for much of the year, working in public health. After a recent two-week visit Stateside, he was well on his way to Baghdad when he realized that he had left his Department of Defense identification badge at home. Here's what his wife says happened next, in an e-mail with an expletive deleted and a name changed to protect the forgetful:

jimmy ran into a lot of trouble over the badge thing. they were going to deport him, then adf bribed someone with $600 and he was taken off the plane to leave the country at the very last minute. he was not allowed into the green zone, however, and was forced to take a heavy traffic route to his compound. the convoy was shot at but not hit by any bullets. the only thing i can say is to quote jimmy — "i really f---d up this time."