Che, you wrote:
"Remember, Iraq is still considered a war zone by the majority of responsible governments in the world. Perhaps the regional competition is being careful not to rely on information from private US 'security contractors' like Sabre."
I tried very hard to resist to post a message in this thread.
But, reading the post above, I am wondering about what "responsible governments" means!
My interpretation of resposible governments is that, yes they are responsible for all this mess in the area!. So they are the last to talk about security and safety in the area.
Said that, I am not keen to go there, but I believe that since there are commercial airlines going already there, we will not the first to set foot in Bagdad.