Meanwhile Jordan’s King Abdullah has told a French newspaper that it will be impossible to hold fair elections in Iraq if the security situation does not improve. The Bush administration and US-backed Iraqi leaders insist the elections will go ahead even if major portions of the country can not take part. The credibility of the elections are also in jeopardy because the influential Sunni group, The Muslim Scholars Association, has announced plans to boycott the election. The group has called for U.S. forces to leave Iraq.