Berg went to Israel, then Jordan, then Iraq.
The person who posted the info stated that Israel has diplomatic ties with Turkey. That's why I remember the remark. I didn't know Israel had diplomatic ties with any of those countries. Turkey=Jordan? Either way, he didn't get into Iraq in the usual way.
I was just reading a web journal kept by two British studio lighting contractors who went to Iraq. They were not independent contractors like Berg. In any event, I believe they went to Jordan and then on to Iraq. They met up with their Iraqi bodyguard in Jordan who arranged for a driver and car. In his description of the drive into Iraq he said they wanted to get to the border at daybreak to avoid the danger of traveling at night. He also discusses the border control wait, paying to get out of an HIV test and getting their passports stamped.
It is still hard to imagine that Berg negotiated all of this on his own.