Prince Hassan in Ankara to discuss the Iraqi issue

The uncle of the Jordanian King, Prince Hassan, has discussed the likely attack against Iraq with the Turkish prime minister Polent Acawit. He expressed his efforts for the American efforts to "establish peace in the region.," according to the Turkish NTV TV networking yesterday.

Both the Jordanian prince and Acawit did not make any statement after the meeting but the network quoted that the Jordanian prince showed his opposition to dividing Iraq on ethnic bases.

Certain press reports talked about the possibility that Prince Hassan will assume Iraq's leadership after the American attack to found a Hashamite Emirate there, in succession to King Faisal II who was killed in a cope against his rule in the 1950s. Prince Hassan also attended the Iraqi opposition conference which was held several months ago in London.