AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Jordan's Islamic movement said Sunday it has called on the Jordanian government to sever ties with the interim Iraqi government.
A statement by the Islamic Action Front, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, said the IAF asked the Jordanian government to end all relations with Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's government to protest its support of the American military assault on Fallujah.
The request came in a memo by the Islamists, who described the Fallujah assault as a "war of destruction and genocide that is taking place with the blessings of the interim Iraqi government."
The memo accused the Iraqi government of being "hostile towards the Iraqi people and disregards the sentiments of the Jordanian, Arab and Muslim nations."
The Islamists insist continuing relations with this Iraqi government would constitute "a kind of approval for its policy and provides legitimacy for its crimes."
Jordan's Islamic movement issued a series of statements during the past 10 days, all condemning the U.S.-Iraqi military attacks on Fallujah and urging Arabs and Muslims to provide support to the Iraqi resistance in the city.
