Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has attacked British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other world figures.
In an interview screened by Sky News television today, Mr Mugabe said Mr Blair considered himself to be "superhuman" and looked down on other people. He also criticised US President George W. Bush for "cheating the world" over Iraq.
"They knew they were wrong by deciding to attack Iraq. They deceived the world with lies, lies of mass deception, by telling them that there were weapons of mass destruction," Mr Mugabe said.
Mugabe said Mr Blair still behaved as though Zimbabwe was a British colony and was trying to control it. "You can see some of the mad things he has done and the world is now in turmoil," the Zimbabwean leader said.
"He has opposed us in my election, he has called upon nations to . . . regard Zimbabwe as a lawless country, a country where democracy is not respected, where there is no rule of law, where human rights do not exist, and all that is a lie."
Mr Mugabe also criticised South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who recently likened the Zimbabwean president to an archetypal African dictator. "He is an angry, evil and embittered little bishop," Mr Mugabe said in response.
Mr Mugabe, in power since independence in 1980, also dismissed reports of organised violence against supporters of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) as "allegations".
He also denied using youth training camps to train young supporters of his own ZANU-PF party to use violence on groups who oppose the government.
Mr Mugabe (80) was re-elected in 2002 but the opposition MDC and several Western countries say he rigged the elections. He said he was unlikely to stand again when his term ends in 2008, adding: "I also want to rest and do a bit of writing."