Jordan will not send troops to Iraq: king

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-05/17/content_1474532.htm

AMMAN, May 17 (Xinhuanet) -- Jordan will not send peacekeeping troops to Iraq and nor should any Iraq's other neighbors, Jordan's King Abdullah II said here Monday.

Jordan supports sending other Arab troops to Iraq and is willingto help in other ways, but it would not be appropriate for Jordan, as well as other neighboring nations, to send forces to Iraq, the king said on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF).

Because it could be too tempting to use them to improperly influence Iraqi society, the king noted.

"It's too tempting to use the presence of your troops to have animpact on society inside Iraq,'' Abdullah said. "I've taken the decision, truly, from a moral point of view, that I don't think it's right for Jordan to send troops to Iraq."

"And I don't think it's right, at the same time, for anybody else (bordering Iraq)...We have our special interests," he said.

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-05/17/content_1474532.htm

Good for him.Notice he talks about having previously sent ttoops to Bosnia et al.Could it be this Admin he doesn't want to help????

not Queen Noor. . .her kids probably in their late teens or twenties (just guessing)

American Stepmom! Thank you.I stand corrected.Cheers!

The only reason I was vaguely aware of that was because there was some confusion about succession involving King Hussein's brother. Some were surprised that he wasn't next in line.