Iraq
Control Risks: Extreme security, terrorist and travel threat
iJet: 5
State Department: Travel warning
No region of Iraq is safe for visitors, not even the International, or Green, Zone. The U.S.-led occupancy has so far not been able to tame the insurgency, and former members of the Ba'ath regime are still at large, as are various international terrorists and criminals. Civilians die daily in car bombings and suicide bombings, and much of the terrorist activity is aimed directly at U.S. citizens or U.S. assets. Obvious targets, like restaurants, hotels, police stations or checkpoints, are to be avoided.