erbil or basra, which safer?

flyinghigher wrote:

hello,

i am chinese, plan do business in basra in March, could anyone tell me the safty situation in basra?
is it safe to walk freely in the street, go shopping, or do daily activities? thanks first.

Contact your embassy for up to date information

hello，

thank you.
i contacted, but the embassy suggest not to go. you know, the official answer can't totally help me.

Hi , Erbil is safer from Basra in Erbil you can walking and shopping is safer not like basra ..

bakoor wrote:

Hi , Erbil is safer from Basra in Erbil you can walking and shopping is safer not like basra ..

appreciate you reply. and hope this will be useful to anybody wanna do to iraq.