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London - Britain's Middle East minister was left red-faced on Wednesday after referring to former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon as dead - and then explaining himself by saying it was "an easy mistake to make".
Speaking about the progress Sharon had made in the Middle East before he had a stroke, sending him into a prolonged coma, Kim Howells said: "If prime minister Sharon had lived ... he is dead isn't he?"
When told by members of the house of commons' foreign affairs committee that Sharon was incapacitated but not dead, the junior foreign minister added: "It's an easy mistake to make, and I just made it."
Speaking about the progress Sharon had made in the Middle East before he had a stroke, sending him into a prolonged coma, Kim Howells said: "If prime minister Sharon had lived ... he is dead isn't he?"
When told by members of the house of commons' foreign affairs committee that Sharon was incapacitated but not dead, the junior foreign minister added: "It's an easy mistake to make, and I just made it."
I wonder who gets this dudes information for him?? Surely someone should check this stuff out for the dude before he starts making statements like that....
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