Mugabe slams 'born-again colonialists' Britain, US

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Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe directed a withering tirade at Britain and the United States today, accusing Tony Blair of seeking to impose "neo-colonialist rule" over Harare.

Mugabe, addressing the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) of 116 countries, criticised Washington's threats to wage war o­n Iraq and said the West was unfairly depriving poorer nations of the right to develop nuclear weapons.

"The United States, awakened to the implications of being the sole superpower, joined by Britain as a born-again colonialist and other Western countries, have turned themselves into ferocious hunting bulldogs raring to go as they sniff for more blood," Mugabe told the summit.

British prime minister Blair, who has been among Mugabe's strongest critics over alleged human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, was accused of "irrational" behaviour towards the former British colony.

"He desires and is determined to undermine the sovereignty of my country and introduce neo-colonialist rule," Mugabe said.

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