Reuters
10/28/05
EXCERPT:
Jordan and Iraq on Thursday agreed to beef up security measures at a border crossing to prevent infiltrations and weapons smuggling between the two countries, officials said.
They said Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, on his first visit to Amman since he assumed his post earlier this year, also decided to set up a permanent joint committee with Jordan to oversee security between the two countries.
"We will modernize al-Karamah border point with modern technology and X-ray (machines) to uncover infiltrators and explosives," Jordanian Prime Minister Adnan Badran told reporters in Amman.
Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim-led government has been critical of other Arab states for what it says is their failure to prevent Sunni Muslim guerrillas from crossing into Iraq and their reluctance to establish full diplomatic ties.