Ramsey Clark to defend Saddam

Commo Dude · 11-28-2005, 05:18

***as reported on aljazeera.net***

Former US attorney-general Ramsey Clark is to join Saddam Hussein's defence team, a spokesman for the ousted Iraqi president's lawyers says.

Ziad Khasawna said on Wednesday that Clark, who held the office of attorney-general under US president Lyndon Johnson, had "honoured and inspired" the legal team by agreeing to help defend Saddam.

The former top US justice official, who arrived on 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.

He visited the ousted leader in Baghdad in February 2003 just before the US-lead invasion and has also been involved with the defence of former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic, on trial for war crimes at a UN court in The Hague.

Clark comment

Clark said in the Jordanian capital Amman that his principle concern was protecting the former president's rights, who only saw a lawyer for the first time this month - a year after his capture.

"In international law, anyone accused of crime has the right to be tried by a confident, independent and impartial court, and there can be no fair trail without those qualities," he said.

"The special court in Iraq was created by the Iraqi governing council, which is nothing more than a creation of the US military occupation and has no authority in law as a criminal court," he said.

The Iraq Special Tribunal was established by the US-led administration in Iraq last December to try members of the former government.

Clark also said the US itself must be tried for the November assault on Falluja, destruction of houses, torture in prisons and its role in the deaths of thousands of Iraqis in the war.
AFP

SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THIS A$$&$^% HAS ALSO DEFENDED MILOSIVIC, ONE OF THE HUTU KILLERS, THE NIROBI BOMBER AND SEVERAL OTHER SLIMEBALLS. AND YOU MAY ALSO REMEMBER HIM TOURING VIETNAM WITH HANOI JANE.

REMFlt · 11-28-2005, 07:43

Wunderbar. I suppose it was only a matter of time before a left-wing US attorney took up Saddam's case.

rubberneck · 11-28-2005, 08:30

Is it wrong of me to hope that Ramsey Clark meet the same ends as two other members of Saddam's defense team. I certianly hope we aren't paying for his protection.

jon448 · 11-28-2005, 09:01

I'm sure we're probably paying tons for his protection...since after all we can't be biased. If we didn't pay for his protection he'd be up in arms about it.

**Team Sergeant** · 11-28-2005, 10:23

I thought I read somewhere that Janet Reno was first choice but not even saddam could stomach her appearance or demeanor.

**Airbornelawyer** · 11-28-2005, 10:47

Clark has been salivating at the opportunity to represent Saddam ever since we captured him. Clark is a parasite who never met an anti-American cause he didn't embrace.

CoLawman · 11-28-2005, 14:15

Clark is a terrorist groupie. Let us not forget that he defended
Sheik Omar Abd El-Rahman, who was accused of masterminding the World Trade Center bombing.

Then there was the war crimes tribunal he staged that tried and convicted Bush I, Powell, and Scwarzkopf after DS.

He was never able to live up to his father's expectations and accomplishments.

QRQ 30 · 11-28-2005, 14:24

His stock will go down as soon as Sadahm loses his head.

**Team Sergeant** · 11-28-2005, 14:31

"Then there was the war crimes tribunal he staged that tried and convicted Bush I, Powell, and Scwarzkopf after DS."

This was a joke.

What he is now embarking on could get him killed. If the Kurdish and Shiite's think for one second that Clark could/would get saddam off clean then Clarks life will be in extreme danger. He's a fool if he thinks this is a media game he's now playing.

Gypsy · 11-28-2005, 18:37

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Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

What he is now embarking on could get him killed.

Wouldn't that be a shame...