Facing strong public opposition to the war, Abdullah has depicted the presence of coalition forces as defensive and has opened Jordanian airspace only to coalition supply planes.
Several hundred Palestinian writers, journalists and intellectuals marched on Wednesday through Gaza City to protest the war and call on Arab leaders to speak out forcefully against the invasion of Iraq.
"We support the people of Iraq and their great resistance to the American and British aggressors," Tawfiq abu Hussa, vice president of a journalists union, told the crowd.
Also on Wednesday, Egypt formally complained to Syria about demonstrations in Damascus in which protesters denounced President Hosni Mubarak as a US puppet.
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