The proposed 540-mile pipeline was to run near Israeli territory from Iraq to the Jordanian port of Aqaba.

The pipeline, which would have carried oil from Iraq to the Jordanian port of Aqaba, near Israeli territory, was eventually abandoned.

A line of battered frighters unloaded and picked up cargo today at this Jordanian port, which serves as an outlet to the sea for Iraq.

At the meeting, held just two days ago in the Jordanian port of Aqaba, the Bush administration intended to strengthen Mr. Abbas.

The Jordanian port of Aqaba is "pretty much shut down" as an entry point for Iraq-bound goods, one official said.

It called for Iraq to move its oil through Iraqi territory to a terminal in the Jordanian port of Aqaba.

The pipeline was to go from Iraq to the Jordanian port of Aqaba.

Supplies to and from Iraq have been getting through the Jordanian port of Aqaba, at the head of the gulf.

The vessel, the Tadmur, which was headed away from the Jordanian port of Aqaba, was found to empty and allowed to proceed.

Israel guaranteed that it would not attack the pipeline, which would have run from Iraq to the Jordanian port of Aqaba, near Israeli territory.