Saddam Hussein's right-hand man brought uproar to an emergency Islamic summit today, calling a Kuwaiti representative a "monkey" and a "traitor".
"Shut up you minion, you (US) agent, you monkey. You are addressing Iraq," the second-in-command of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council Izzat Ibrahim spat out before he was interrupted by the leader of summit host Qatar.
The unidentified official from Kuwait, liberated from Iraqi occupation in 1991 by a US-led force, tried to fight back, but his comments could not be heard over the fray.
"You are insolent. You are a traitor to the Islamic nation," Mr Ibrahim added as Qatar's Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani shouted him down.
The outburst took place during the opening session of the summit, convened to try and avert a US-led war against Iraq. Kuwait is hosting thousands of US troops in preparation for war.