Travel to Baghdad is emphatically not recommended at the present time 2012, owing to wartime instability and security concerns. Westerners are particular targets of kidnapping and assassination by militant and extremist groups.
By plane
There are flights from Istanbul to Baghdad Al Muthana International Airport (http://www.baghdad-airport.com) every day at 03.15. From Munich there are four flights every week, you may also fly from Vienna. Cities in the Middle East such as Abu Dhabi, Amman, Beirut, Damascus and Tehran all have good flight connections with Baghdad. Gryphon Air has flights from Kuwait; however, there are strict regulations on who may use the service since they arrive and depart from the military wing of the airport. Of course, for military personnel and others traveling on official business sanctioned by the United States, the US Air Force offers flights from neighboring countries. All flights are subject to suspension for reasons ranging from insurgent attacks on the airport to sandstorms.
By car
Overland travel is possible from all neighboring countries but strongly discouraged due to violence.