JORDAN - Sept. 11 - Amman "Will Turn Away" Iraqi Refugees.

Information Minister Mohammad Adwan says Amman will shut its borders to any prospective Iraqi refugees fleeing a US attack on Iraq. (The statement comes as Tehran announces that it would also bar Iraqis from entering its territory in case of a US attack and that camps would be set up inside Iraqi territory on the border area to cope with a possible influx of half a million refugees. Over the past decade Jordan has served as a key conduit for hundreds of thousands of Iraqis seeking asylum in the West. Western diplomats estimate that the kingdom already hosts over 200,000 Iraqis, and fear that the Iraqi leadership might use its agents in the kingdom to sponsor acts of sabotage. Amman's decision to refuse Iraqis entry comes hours after Iraqi Vice-Pres. Taha Yassin Ramadan used a press conference in Amman to call on "the Arab masses" to target US interests, and warned that Jordan would pay a price for any US attack on Iraq. Ramadan told reporters after talks with King Abdullah: "We are sure that any harm suffered by Iraq will have an impact on the Arab nation, in particular Jordan").