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Do you think it is dangerous to go to Iraq alone as a 16yeARS OLD?

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Maybe it was the time the taxi dumped him at the Iraq-Kuwait border, leaving him alone in the middle of the desert. Or when he drew a crowd at a Baghdad food stand after using an Arabic phrase book to order. Or the moment a Kuwaiti cab driver almost punched him in the face when he balked at the $100 fare.

But at some point, Farris Hassan, a 16-year-old from Florida, realized that traveling to Iraq by himself was not the safest thing he could have done with his Christmas vacation.

And he didn't even tell his parents.

Hassan's dangerous adventure winds down with the 101st Airborne delivering the Fort Lauderdale teen to the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, which had been on the lookout for him and promises to see him back to the United States this weekend.

It begins with a high school class on "immersion journalism" and one overly eager -- or naively idealistic -- student who's lucky to be alive after going way beyond what any teacher would ask.

Public Comments

1. Its a bad idea dude no matter how old are you. There are better places to go even if you want adventure.

2. I agree with Invisble, its not a good idea to be in iraq no matter how adventrous you are..

3. Yes, no matter how old you are, in Iraq stay with an companion, probaly best is to not go there.

4. what do you think, you shoul use your common sense. That kid is an idiot and he's lucky he didnt get killed. For example on New Years Eve at least 8 bombs went off in Baghdad.