webfact Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Foreign Ministry cautions against traveling to war-torn IraqBANGKOK, 17 July 2014 (NNT) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is cautioning Thai nationals against traveling to Iraq due to outbreaks of violence in the Middle East country.Parts of Iraq were recently captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), an extremist Sunni Islamist militant group that is considered so violent it has been disavowed by its original sponsor, Al Qaeda.Violence broke out in many major cities including Anbar, Kirbuk and capital Baghdad.The ministry is urging Thai citizens to delay their plans to visit the country for the time being until the situation returns to normal.As for Thai nationals residing in Iraq, the ministry advised them to closely monitor the situation and to avoid traveling to war-torn areas at all costs. They are urged to contact Royal Thai Embassy in Amman, Jordan in case of an emergency.-- NNT 2014-07-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submaniac Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Who the hell kind of Thai national was thinking of going to Iraq anyways?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 When I worked in Iraq, after the 1st Gulf War, many locals said that quite a few Thais had worked in the country. A number as domestic workers and Thai females were in demand for massages as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVGerry Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 It was safe to travel to before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
submaniac Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Scott: Dude, you are soooooo right! We should do a road trip! I mean we've been talking about overthrowing the Western governments for the longest time, and this is our chance to do it! I say we take the '63 Thunderbird, drop the top and just roll. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpuumike Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Northern Iraq (Kurdistan)is not a problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggt Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 avoid traveling to war-torn areas Have they issued this alert...for war-torn southern Thailand...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Well, at least this was marginally quicker that the handing over of radar info regarding that missing plane. Perhaps a bit more international news (there's a whole 'nother world out there) might help some of the more on the ball to connect the dots and say "gee, maybe I could get killed there!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandasloan Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Well, at least this was marginally quicker that the handing over of radar info regarding that missing plane. Perhaps a bit more international news (there's a whole 'nother world out there) might help some of the more on the ball to connect the dots and say "gee, maybe I could get killed there!". Worth a reminder that the man who couldn't figure out to hand over the radar info is the second in command of the entire country. But I'm sure nothing will go wrong that that, either. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddyjenkins Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Now the visa rules have been tightened I was thinking of an alternative to Thailand...in fact I had decided on Iraq but after reading this thread I'm not so sure now... Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmyp Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 Aw, man, I already bought tickets for the whole family... Good thing this much-needed warning came out in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chang_paarp Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Will they now recommend avoiding Ukraine too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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