His Majesty King Abdullah II has said Jordan is not the right country to send peace keeping forces to Iraq but the Iraqi government needs our support and the support of the entire world.



"Morally speaking, Jordan and the neighboring countries are not the appropriate parties to provide security in Iraq," King Abdullah said in an interview with the international CNN cable news network.



However, King Abdullah added "if the Iraqi government asks for our support we would find it difficult to refuse... but we believe we are not the suitable party to sent military troops to Iraq."



We are committed to send troops to Afghanistan and other troubled areas around the world... We have had historical relations with Iraq and the same for other neighboring states. More distant countries would be in a better position than Jordan to send troops to this country, King Abdullah said urging the international community to extend every possible support to the Iraqi government to help it surmount the challenges ahead.



The King said he has met Iraqi President in Sea Island in the U.S. and he will meet Iraqi Prime Minister in Amman on Monday.



"As I have heard, the Prime Minister is a brave man and I believe the Iraqi interim government is lucky in having such people," the King said.



In reply to a question on facing terrorist attacks in Iraq and the search for Zarqawi's whereabouts, King Abdullah said moving the battle to the terrorists' forts is a correct procedure but this should be done very carefully and should not be at the expense of the innocents' lives.



Zarqawi has long history of crimes and "the best description for him is a criminal" King Abdullah said noting that the media has overexaggorated the threats by Zarqawi and Jordan has been working with international parties to corner him.



The situation in Iraq is more complicated and Zarqawi could be strong but he is only part of a bigger groups of extremists and other sects who are seeking power in Iraq, King Abdullah said.



Most Jordanians are against suicide attacks be they are to the west or east of Jordan particularly when there are innocent victims, King Abdullah said in reply to a question.



What worries us and the world at large is the level of security in Iraq following the end of military operations. The daily scenes, the Jordanians see of killing and death of Iraqis whether they are in the police or in the government or from civilians make us feel that there was security during the reign of Saddam which does not exist today, King Abdullah said.



With the existence of a strong and powerful Iraqi government, it would be difficult for the extremists to continue killing civilians and government officials in the name of fighting coalition forces, the King said.



On issuing a fair and just ruling against Saddam Hussein, King Abdullah said we have to presume good intent on part of the new Iraqi government and grant this government the assumption that it would honor laws and rules that serve justice, King Abdullah said.



On charges of corruption against Ahmed Chalabi, the King said you can see and hear from statements by the coalition forces and the Iraqi government that there more and more cases of corruption linked with Chalabi.



Chalabi has always claimed that his problem with Jordan is a political one. It has never been so, it is a judicial problem. He has stolen people's money and not money of the government and he did the same in Lebanon and in many other countries, the King said.



On the Palestinian affairs, King Abdullah hoped that Palestinian Prime Minister would not resign because such resignation would weaken the Palestinian authority at a time when we are in arid need to see progress in achieving more security in the Palestinian areas.



Palestinian President should deal with the Israelis and Egyptians as part of the road map to reach a new stage of security that is necessary to achieve progress and implement the road map, King Abdullah said.



If Ahmed Quraei resigns... "it would be a setback for all of us who want to go ahead with the peace process" and this would negative impact on President Arafat himself, the King said.



On any new role Jordan can take up in the West Bank, King Abdullah said "we have not been officially asked to take this role. Things should remain within the right frame... the Egyptians, Palestinians and the Israelis are working under the umbrella of the quartet committee and dealing with ways to handle security affairs to the Palestinians and depending on the success of their work there might be a discussion on a role for Jordan to train the Palestinian police cadres.



The King hoped that the ongoing dialogue between the Israeli Labor and Likud parties would give more flexibilities for the Israelis to deal with the road map peace plan.



On reported links between Iran and Al Qaeda terrorist group, King Abdullah said he has no information about this and he hears it for the first time.