Investigating the Mechanism of Military, Intelligence and Political Measures of the Jordanian Government in Support of Saddam's Regime during the Eight-Year War against Iran (Promotional article)

The Ba'athist regime of Iraq started an eight-year unjust war against Iran on September 22, 1980 for various geopolitical and ideological reasons. Regional and trans-regional actors reacted to this war based on the situations which occurred. The role of Jordan Kingdom in supporting the Ba'athist regime of Saddam was more evident for objective and subjective reasons. During the war, Jordan Kingdom supported Saddam critically, providing political, intelligence, military and economic support at the regional and international levels. Many political analysts believe that Jordan Kingdom was known as the most prominent supporter of Saddam Hussein in the Arab world. This research is intended to clarify the behavior of the Kingdom of Jordan in relation to the invasion of Iran by the Iraqi Ba'athist regime, and that why it selected serious military-intelligence policies and practices against Iran. Furthermore, Jordan's behavior in the war and specially the role of King Hussein in supporting the regime is being investigated too. Accordingly, the main question of this study enclosed what the political, military and intelligence practices of the Jordanian government in relation to the Ba'athist regime of Iraq’s war against Iran. The authors then proposed their findings on why Jordan took military, political and intelligence measures to support the Ba'athist regime of Iraq in the eight-year war against Iran. This is a descriptive-analytical research the data collection of which is performed by documentary method. The results indicated that Jordan Kingdome played a very effective role in sustaining the Ba'athist regime of Iraq in the imposed war against Iran by resorting to the most essential military, intelligence measures.