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Iraq-Jordan
Abdallah Assures Talabani of Help to Fight 'Terror'
2005-05-08
Jordan's King Abdallah yesterday pledged to help Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in his country's fight against "terror" as the neighbors sought to end a sharp rift over Jordanian involvement in insurgent attacks. Following talks with Talabani, on his first trip abroad since taking office last month, Abdullah stressed Jordan's determination "to place all its resources at Iraq's service particularly training security (Iraqi) personnel," said a palace statement. "Jordan will not accept any act which harms the Iraqi people and its political leadership."

Talabani was accompanied by Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, a fellow Kurd, and ambassador Ata Abdul Wahab, who was returning to Amman after a six-week absence for consultations. The reported involvement of a Jordanian in a suicide bombing that killed 118 people in the Shiite city of Hilla in late February sparked a wave of demonstrations against the Sunni kingdom that saw Jordanian flags and portraits of King Abdullah torched. Jordan recalled its ambassador for consultations but sent him back even after Iraq announced it was withdrawing Abdul Wahab in a tit for tat move. Jordan "stands firmly next to Iraq in its struggle against terrorism, terrorists and all who support them," said the statement. Talabani, meanwhile, expressed "Iraq's determination to develop and reinforce relations between the
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