Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
Egypt, Syria and Libya were among the harshest critics, Egypt went to the extent of breaking off diplomatic relations with Jordan on April 6, 1972. The President of Iraq, Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, condemned the plan and announced that "the masses of the Arab world are looking to all of us for unified action against the reactionary plan for surrender to the Zionist enemy". Al-Bakr proposed a Union of Arab Republics instead.