Former King Hussein considers Transjordania more independent than Iraq, he told Mohammed El Dabaj, a Palestine Arab who visited Cyprus recently. Hussein also denied the report that he intends to spend the rest of his days in Bagdad.
Declaring that he does not wish to see Arab land under foreign rule, Hussein said that he prefers settling in Transjordania, although the real reason is that the exiled monarch probably feels closer to Abdullah than to Feisal.
El Dabaj also visited Imam Yehia, ruler of Yemen, who boasted of his fully equipped army of 40,000 and its ability to outmanoeuvre the British, whose air force is allegedly backing his enemies. Yemenite Jews are responsible for the damaging reports about him circulated in Palestine, said Imam.
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