Iraq Still on Embargo

Trying to buy something from the internet was allows a big concern for me, afraid of being scammed or my credit card number stolen. some websites seems to have a special mechanism to detect the location of the visitor, and build their actions based on that.

Within the few times that I failed to buy a product was when I encountered a website that after selecting my item, it gave me this message:

US Visit - Baghdad Airport

Baghdad Airport

It started when Mike, my old friend in the US sent me an invitation to the United States of America, this was a  promise that he made for me to make me see Xmas in the US, see the culture and most important thing is to explore some business opportunities to bring to Iraq.

Yes we want to get rich, why not? Everybody is trying.

The guy fulfilled his promise and booked the tickets for me after completing my Visa he sent them by email, backed my bag and left with a taxi to Baghdad airport. The taxi dropped me about 3 km from the front gate, transported by buses provided by the airport department stopping 2 times for passport check and personal search.