11.   Hussein was accompanied by an ardent critic of the Iraqi leadership, Prime Minister Abdul-Karim Kabariti, and Information Minister Marwan Mouasher.

12.   Iraq is an ardent critic of the U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace process, which it regards as based on imbalance of power between the Arabs and Israelis.

13.   It is the first meeting between Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammed Saeed Sahaf and Kabariti since the Jordanian premier, an ardent critic of Iraq, took office in February.

14.   Kabariti, who retains the foreign affairs portfolio, is an ardent critic of the Iraqi leadership and an advocate of warm ties with the Gulf Arabs.

15.   The monarch was accompanied by senior aides, including Prime Minister Abdul-Karim Kabariti, an ardent critic of the Iraqi leadership.