"No country has supported Iraq like Jordan," the king said.

In 1986-7, the Soviet Union definitely turned to supporting Iraq.

To this end, we supported Iraq in its war against Iran.

They have, however, threatened action in the gulf against those who support Iraq.

The officials, stunned by the damage from supporting Iraq in war, want to dampen the role of hard-liners.

And because of the widespread perception that Jordan supports Iraq, the country has few places to turn for help.

Retaliation might have caused other Arab nations to support Iraq in that struggle, their thinking goes.

"The fundamentalists support Iraq, and they'd use it against me."

Later in the war they more visibly supported Iraq, but still maintained official neutrality.

She got it wrong when she supported Iraq, and the progressive drift is moving against her.