▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁would ▁publish , ▁un ed ited , ▁notes ▁and ▁letters ▁from ▁" K ode e ", ▁liber ally ▁stre wn ▁with ▁miss p ell ings ▁and ▁ph on etic ▁English , ▁to ▁update ▁their ▁readers ▁about ▁Dan ' s ▁Ira q ▁service ▁or ▁K ode e ' s ▁daily ▁life . ▁A ▁young ▁friend ▁of ▁Reyn olds , ▁C ait lin ▁Had ley , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁a ▁Naz ar ene ▁minister , ▁was ▁rec ru ited ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁K ode e ▁for ▁photograph s , ▁and ▁a ▁nur se , ▁Patrick ▁Tro v ill ion , ▁played ▁Dan . ▁Both ▁believed ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁playing ▁parts ▁in ▁a ▁movie . ▁" K ode e " ▁was ▁taken ▁to ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁news room ▁and ▁other ▁Car b ond ale ▁locations . ▁" Dan " ▁was ▁photograph ed ▁we aring ▁cam ou fl age , ▁sitting ▁on ▁a ▁tank , ▁and ▁meeting ▁with ▁school ▁children ▁in ▁Michigan . ▁" Dan " ▁also ▁called ▁the ▁news room ▁and ▁maintained ▁an ▁e - mail ▁address ▁at ▁Y ahoo ! ▁" Dan " ▁was ▁even ▁port rayed ▁as ▁having ▁been ▁injured ▁in ▁a ▁December , ▁ 2 0 0 4 ▁explos ion ▁in ▁a ▁mess ▁hall ▁at ▁a ▁base ▁near ▁Mos ul , ▁Ira q . ▁He ▁reported ly ▁returned ▁to ▁duty ▁just ▁weeks ▁later , ▁and ▁was ▁later ▁injured ▁by ▁a ▁road side ▁bomb ▁which ▁struck ▁a ▁Hum vee ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁travel ing . ▁ ▁Reyn olds