Torture, judges and lawyers being killed, it's raining White Gas. No, it's not Fitzmas in Iraq. It's Saddamadam. The holiday wouldn't be complete without a ban on Arabs entering the country.
The Iraqi government has barred non-Iraqi Arab nationals from entering the country ahead of the parliamentary poll on 15 December.
-BBC
That's a way to win the hearts and minds. As the article mentions. Foreign fighters are not entering the country through legal means anyways. So this does nothing to stop them, and everything to make sure that Arab reporters don't get in to witness the "historic" elections <sarcasm>. It also ensures Iraqis's the feelings of the good ole' days this holiday season. No in-laws flying in from Yemen. I won't even get into the strange message sent when white people can come and go, but not brown or black ones. Colonialism anyone?