It worries me too. Yesterday, southbound 40 nm north of Basra we lost radio contact with Baghdad Control. We tried all frequencies available to us and relays as well without luck. At this point point we were more worried about triggerhappy fighterpilots than anything else. Finally we contacted Kuwait Center who gave us descent clearence even though we were well north of the Kuwait FIR (destination was Kuwait).
I'm not sure who is in charge over he airspace between Basra and the Kuwait border. I hope they do if they are letting commercial airliners through the airspace. This should be looked into.