UN rep apologises for 'dictator' comment

UN special representative to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, today apologised for calling US chief administrator Paul Bremer a "dictator".

UN special representative to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, today apologised for calling US chief administrator Paul Bremer a "dictator".

“I’m terribly sorry for that word. It was very much with my tongue in my cheek,” Mr Brahimi told the BBC.

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