The middle east is full of scavengers and bandits. It's a wonder it took this long to figure that out for them. They say Steve Jobs dad was a Syrain immigrant

WTF does that have to do with anything? I remember when we were leaving Iraq, all the terps were going around asking for anything in your room you didn't want, one guy went around getting all the air freshener sprayers from peoples walls. They turned around and sold that stuff, furniture, whatever to the haji stores on the FOB, and the guys from the on-coming units. Imagine being hustled to buy some chair or desk for your room becuase the terp asked the guy who just left your room for it before he went, and now he's asking for $20...