<p>Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark said Friday that he would be willing to provide legal counsel to Saddam Hussein if the ousted Iraqi leader requested Clark's assistance.</p>
<p>"I would seek to help him protect his rights if he needed my help and I felt that there was no one who's willing who could do it better," Clark said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I would have no hesitation. That's my work. That's my chosen pursuit — to protect rights. His rights need protecting."</p>