I am sure (I am hoping) that the Company will have an open discussion with the crews they expect to operate into Iraq about the realities there.
Having said that, I think the situation has improved somewhat since the missle launch against the DHL A300.
The Iran Air A300, if it is the same one you are referring to, was shot down off the coast of the United Arab Emirates by a US Navy vessel. So your point is?
I will say that a few years ago a number of air crews were concerned about the possibility of somebody in Saudi Arabia sitting off the end of a desert runway with a MANPAD. While most MANPADs do not, by themselves, have the capability to bring down a large airliner, they have the capability to do massive damage. I remember reading that the USA and the Soviet Union handed out, like candy, about 1 million MANPADs to various armed groups that are still unaccounted for.