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  • Former US attorney general joins Saddam defence team

    12/29/2004 5:57:22 AM PST · by Ginifer · 93 replies · 2,405+ views
    Khaleej Times Online ^ | 29 December 2004 | AFP
    AMMAN - Former US attorney general and left-wing activist Ramsey Clark is to join the defence team of Saddam Hussein, a spokesman for the toppled Iraqi president’s lawyers said on Wednesday. Clark, who held the office of attorney general under US president Lyndon B. Johnson, “is one of the members of the defence team of president Saddam Hussein,” Ziad Khassawneh said. “This honours and inspires us.” The former top US justice official, who arrived Tuesday in Jordan where the defence team is based, has become known as a left-wing lawyer and firm critic of US foreign policy since leaving office....