Ok here’s an article, but the countries involved aren’t important – just what went on (you’ll see what I mean):

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[SIZE=2]Curse be on your moustache, Kuwait warned [/SIZE]

Oliver Burkeman in Washington
Thursday March 6, 2003
The Guardian

A senior aide to Saddam Hussein threw diplomatic niceties to the wind yesterday, bringing disorder to an emergency summit of Islamic states when he yelled "Shut up, you monkey!" at Kuwait's minister of state for foreign affairs.

Years of bitterness between Iraq and Kuwait boiled over at the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Qatar, when Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri responded to an inaudible interruption from the Kuwaiti minister of state, Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah.

He called him a monkey and added: "Curse be upon your moustache!" - an idiomatic phrase impugning the minister's honour.

Sheikh Sabah responded immediately to Mr Douri, the second-in-command of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council, accusing him of "hypocrisy and falsehood".
As Mr Douri then went on to accuse the Kuwaitis of insolence, betrayal, and being an agent of the US, Kuwait's information minister, Sheikh Ahmed Fahd al-Ahmed, jumped to his feet and waved a miniature Kuwaiti flag.

But the meeting's chairman told him: "We are not here for such exchanges."
The 56 countries at the summit last night ended their session inconclusively, agreeing on a statement that made no mention of the standoff over Iraq but agreed that action was required on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

"The Iraqis always behave like this," Sheikh Ahmed told reporters wearily after the confrontation.
"But we will not walk out of the summit because of our respect for the leadership of Qatar, the host of the OIC."

Arab and Islamic nations, largely opposed to war, have failed to agree at several meetings on whether President Saddam should go into exile to prevent any conflict.
"Kuwait, while it supports this initiative that aims at sparing the region a destructive war ... calls on the Iraqi leadership to think in depth about offering the ultimate sacrifices," Sheikh Sabah had told the conference earlier.

His nation is hosting thousands of American troops as the build-up to war continues, bringing accusations from Mr Douri of "conspiracy with Zionism and colonialism".
The Iraqi foreign minister, Naji Sabri, denied rumours that the Baghdad leadership was discussing with the United Arab Emirates a plan for exile.

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I just have this mental picture of them all sitting around throwing food at each other and arguing over who’s dad is harder than the others before a small skirmish occurs where one of them pinches and pulls the hair of another.

And these people are representing their nations interest!

It must cost tens of thousands to organise an event like this and aside from them insulting each other and acting like 5 year olds, the only thing that happens is that they agree action is needed Re: the Israel / Palestine conflict.

Well whup de doo! Such a revelation! You never know – in a few hundred years time they might actually get around to actually doing something about it!

The sad thing is it’s exactly the same in Europe with insults being traded and nothing actually being achieved.

I guess that’s why they get paid so much money and get so many perks <_<


Politicians – ya gotta love ‘em!!!!!!!!

I'm surprised the cures wasn't "may the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits".

You're right Steve, it's flat out pathetic. These people are supposed to be the epitome of self control and rational behavior. Rather they behave like they're taking part in a three stooges marathon.