Bush and Blair 'state terrorists'

Nobel literature laureate Harold Pinter says US President George Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair should be prosecuted for "state terrorism" for invading Iraq.

In a taped lecture broadcast to the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, the British playwright said Bush and Blair should be hauled before the International Criminal Court.

"The invasion of Iraq was a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law," said Pinter, known for his outspoken criticism of US foreign policy.