At an Islamic national summit meeting, the Iraqi and Kuwaiti delegates apparently exchanged a few harsh words:

The row began when the Kuwaiti official interrupted a speech by Izzat Ibrahim, the second-in-command of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council, with the words "shut up you dog".

Mr Ibrahim, who had been delivering a speech critical of Kuwait and the US, responded by calling the Kuwaiti representative a "monkey" and a "traitor".

"Shut up you minion, you [US] agent, you monkey. You are addressing Iraq," said Izzat Ibrahim, the second-in-command of Iraq's Revolutionary Command Council.

Dog? Monkey? Is this the best these guys could come up with?

I mean, c'mon...these guys are diplomats. Language is supposed to be their forte, right?

Aren't there better insults in Arabic? Slack-jawed camel-humper? Or for the Kuwaitis, A hairy wart on little Bushy's plump ass?

These guys aren't even trying.