article_snippet.sent: Then, just days before the invasion, Al-Douri's addressed an emergency summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to discuss ultimately unsuccessful ways to avert the war.
article_snippet.sent: Al-Douri's accused the United States of aggression and blamed Kuwait for Kuwait's suffering, calling leaders of the neighboring Gulf state "traitors" for cooperating with the United States and Israel.
article_snippet.sent: That comment prompted the Kuwaiti representative to stand up and protest, to which Al-Douri's countered, "Shut up, sit down you small agent [of the U.S.], you monkey!"
article_snippet.sent: Kuwaiti television cut away from the heated exchange and rejoined the Islamic Conference later.
article_snippet.sent: Al-Douri's efforts were all in vain.