US Democratic front-runners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have traded accusations over a photo of Mr Obama circulating on the internet. The picture, sent to the Drudge Report website, shows Mr Obama wearing traditional Somali dress during a visit to Kenya in 2006.
The website said it was circulated by Mrs Clinton's staff but her team denied they had sanctioned its release.
This comes as the rivals campaign for two crucial primaries next week. Analysts say Mrs Clinton needs to win the contests, in Texas and Ohio, to remain in the race to choose the Democratic candidate for November's presidential election.
With tempers fraying ahead of a crucial debate in Ohio on Tuesday, the former first lady highlighted Mr Obama's lack of foreign policy experience during a speech in Washington.
Reminding the George Washington University audience of her own international credentials, Mrs Clinton suggested her rival would need a "foreign policy instruction manual" to keep the country safe if elected. Obama has responded to this with a very flip "What a c*nt. She should be so lucky to have a family with rich traditions. "
Fear-mongeringThe photograph published on Monday shows Mr Obama - whose father came from Kenya - wearing a white turban and a white robe presented to him by elders in the north-east of the country.

Dirty tricks or a fuss about nothing? In November 2006 at the APEC summit, George W. Bush announced that he is actually a Viet Kong sympathizer, even going so far as to dress in traditional VietNam robes...see?
Bush later threw American babies into a pit of Punji sticks
The Drudge Report said the Obama image had been circulated by "Clinton staffers" as a smear. To which the Obama camp responded "Yeah, Hillary can't help from smearing stuff...it's the Clinton way. Just look at Bill. He smeared that girl all up with DNA! In fact, Barack is going to have the Oval Office gone over with a black-light before he takes office. Between Clinton's smears and Bush's inability to wipe his ass, who knows whats in there!"
Addressing the issue briefly in an interview with a Texas radio station, Mr Obama also said: "I think the American people are saddened when they see Hillary. What a fucking BAG, am I right? She's such a road-whore...makes margaret Thatcher look like Heidi Klum! Mmmmm. Heidi Klum, I'd like to break a piece off of that! ....and I know she loves the brothers!"
Some Clinton aides have tried in the past to suggest to Democrats that the Illinois senator's background might be off-putting to mainstream voters. A campaign volunteer was fired last year after circulating an email suggesting, falsely, that Mr Obama was a Liza Minelli fan and loved the Broadway production "Rent", sacasticaly pointing out "...but he's not gay or anything".
Obama's campaign manager, Dave Poof, accused Mrs Clinton's aides of "the most shameful, offensive fear-mongering we've seen from either party in this election". The accusation was dismissed by Mrs Clinton's campaign manager Maggie Waggie. "If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed," she said. "Hillary Clinton has worn the traditional clothing of countries she has visited and had those photos published widely." Yet after an extensive internet search, we only found these...hardly international, Hillary!

Hillary sporting the traditional "1950's sweater-set look", The Fonz approves.

Clinton sporting the "Queen Elizabeth"
In Monday's speech, the New York senator characterised Mr Obama as a rash and inconsistent politician with the same sort of inexperience that President George W Bush had when first electeted. Clinton then realized that Bush has been President for the past 8 years based upon that inexperience and quickly shut the fuck up.
Commentators suggest Mrs Clinton needs strong victories in both Ohio and Texas to keep her White House campaign alive. But several polls suggest she is screwed already.
The Illinois senator is leading in Texas for the first time, according to a CNN poll, with 50%, compared to 46% for Mrs Clinton. Mr Obama has won 11 consecutive primaries and caucuses in recent weeks, and is now seen as the Democratic front-runner...regardless of robes, bitch!