<story><title>After years of conflict and instability, Iraq is opening up to tourism</title><url>https://monocle.com/magazine/issues/144/open-invitation/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>dang</author><text>All: please avoid cheap comments about inflammatory issues. If you have something thoughtful to say, say it substantively; otherwise, please don&amp;#x27;t post it here.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;newsguidelines.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;newsguidelines.html&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>After years of conflict and instability, Iraq is opening up to tourism</title><url>https://monocle.com/magazine/issues/144/open-invitation/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>peteretep</author><text>Worth remembering that visiting there (or Iran) will mean your ESTA privileges are revoked, and you’ll need a visa to travel to ‘merika.</text></comment>