AMMAN, March 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Jordanian government strongly rejected statement by Iraqi Shiite leaders linking Jordan to terrorist attacks in neighboring Iraq, the Jordan Times reported Monday.

    Jordanian government spokeswoman Asma Khader said allegations that the country was involved in such attacks were "unjustified."

    News reports quoted a statement Sunday by the Iraqi Shiite religious authority, led by Iraqi Shiite highest cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, as saying that Iraqi-Jordanian relations were "threatened under Iraqi bloodshed."

    It added that the religious authority was surprised by the Iraqiinterim government's "silence over Jordan's interference in Iraq's internal affairs by instigating violence and hatred among Iraqis...and sending their terrorists to Iraq."

    Khader said whether these statements were true or not, they werebased on misunderstanding of Jordan's stand.

    She added that the country's stance against terror attacks in Iraq is firm and clear, saying "Jordan categorically condemns them." Enditem