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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- Dear all,The long-promised chemical protective gear -- as well as a bullet-proof jacket and helmet -- has finally arrived. They're sitting in my hotel room in Sulaymaniyah, northern Iraq. The problem is that I don't how to use the stuff. I mean, it all seems so heavy to lug around and complicated to wear. And I can imagine few scenarios where I'd actually use them. If I get word that there's actual fighting going on somewhere nearby, the last thing I'm gonna do is hop into a car and head over there. I'd wait a couple hours until I'm sure the fighting has subsided, or I'd go the hospital and interview the survivors. If I happen to be somewhere and here shots firing, I promise you, I'm gonna get on my belly like a reptile. Or not move an inch. There won’t gonna be any time for me to go to the trunk and wrestle with a huge bulletproof jacket. And as for the chemical suit and gas mask, just imagine this scenario: I'm sitting in a hotel lobby with a bunch of Kurds. Word comes that there's a chemical or biological attack on the city. "Well, guys" I say, "I'm gonna go suit up. Too bad my well-funded Western-based employer had enough money to get me a gas mask but not you. But I'll be sure to get the word out about the unbelievable tragedy that's about to befall you." It would be downright unethical. Not to mention the fact that someone would probably kill me for the suit. The only situation where I can foresee using the suit and gas mask might be if you’re heading to an area that's just been hit by a chemical attack, or a hospital treating biological weapons victims. I have doubt no reason for the arrival of the chemical suits are the suits at headquarters in New York, who are concerned about the legal and financial ramifications of having another of their boys (or girls) killed in action. Three of their journalists have died over the last two years, and I'm told they're very sensitive about the "safety thing." I get constant emails from the brass asking me to detail what sorts of precautions I'm taking and whether I personally feel safe. I've also gotten a few emails from friends, urging me to take the safety issue seriously. One wisely suggested that I have an exit plan, a scheme for getting the hell out of northern Iraq should all hell break loose. Don't worry. I have an exit plan, and it involves fleeing rapidly, running for the mountainous borders of Iran and Turkey just like all the Kurds do. I've thought long and hard about this. There's a reason why the Kurds abandon their lives and turn into penniless refugees every time war breaks out here. It's because there's no other choice. There are a number of scenarios under which the region of northern Iraq where I am currently living and working could be the site of a manmade catastrophe. The one that's least frightening and most plausible is that once the war starts Saddam Hussein will fire off one or two or three missiles with chemical warheads at the Kurdish cities to create a massive refugee crisis to clog up the roads and slow an American invasion. The odds that one of those missiles could hit little old me are just two fantastic to fathom. I'm not worried. And besides, all Saddam would have to do is drop a bag of flour in the middle of downtown Sulaymaniyah to send the whole country fleeing for their lives. Another scenario is that an American missile hits one of Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons plants, allowing the wind to spread poison all around. A blazing chemical weapons and biological weapons plant spewing toxic chemicals is a horrifying thought. But, to me the most awful scenario doesn't involve chemical or biological weapons, but oil: a massive series of oil fires triggered by booby traps and dynamite rigged to the massive underground seas of crude beneath the earth at Kirkuk and Mosul, a noxious cloud of black smoke -- an evil scourge filling the sky -- coating the green pastures and ambling cows and friendly villagers with soot, stink, poison and even more misery. I know it’s macabre, but I would love to hear more likely scenarios for possible disasters here and how I should prepare for them. Please send me your thoughts. Warm regards, Borzou -- ******* Borzou Daragahi [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.borzou.com <PRE>Please send feedback to [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email is orignially sent out via an opt-in listserv. 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