Former US attorney general Ramsey Clark has joined the team of Jordan-based lawyers defending Saddam Hussein. Mr Clark - who held office in the 1960s under President Lyndon Johnson - said his principal concern was protecting the rights of the former Iraqi leader. Saddam Hussein this month saw a lawyer for the first time since his capture. Left-wing activist Mr Clark described the special tribunal established to try members of the former regime as a creation of the US military occupation. He said it had no authority in law as a criminal court. Mr Clark is joining a panel...
