French lawyer to defend Saddam
... Don't say I post only anti-Bush shit.... lol
Nice clientele....
The world's most controversial lawyer, Jacques Vergès, who has built his reputation on defending despots, Nazis and terrorists, has been asked by the family of Saddam Hussein to represent the deposed Iraqi dictator.
The French advocate yesterday told a radio station that he had received a letter from one of Saddam's relatives confirming his role as legal representative for the former Iraqi leader, whom he described as a 'vanquished hero'. 'I was ready to defend him and then I received a letter from his nephew,' Vergès said. He read out a section of the letter on air: 'In my capacity as nephew of President Saddam Hussein, I commission you officially by this letter to assure the defence of my uncle,' Vergès told the national radio station France Inter. The nephew is believed to be Ali Barzan al-Tikriti.
US officials have said they intend to try Saddam for crimes against Iraqi people, but the location of any trial and its format and date have yet to be decided. It is not known where the Americans are holding Saddam, but he is believed to still be in Iraq.
Vergès immediately courted controversy by suggesting that the Americans might assassinate Saddam before the case came to court. 'My concern is not the trial,' the lawyer said. 'My concern is they'll kill him before.'
Vergès also acted for the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, although his supporters later denied this.
Among the notorious clients Vergès has represented are the Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal and Gestapo chief Klaus 'Butcher of Lyons' Barbie.
Vergès has also been chosen to represent former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan, at a forthcoming genocide trial for surviving leaders of the group that ruled Cambodia.
The French advocate yesterday told a radio station that he had received a letter from one of Saddam's relatives confirming his role as legal representative for the former Iraqi leader, whom he described as a 'vanquished hero'. 'I was ready to defend him and then I received a letter from his nephew,' Vergès said. He read out a section of the letter on air: 'In my capacity as nephew of President Saddam Hussein, I commission you officially by this letter to assure the defence of my uncle,' Vergès told the national radio station France Inter. The nephew is believed to be Ali Barzan al-Tikriti.
US officials have said they intend to try Saddam for crimes against Iraqi people, but the location of any trial and its format and date have yet to be decided. It is not known where the Americans are holding Saddam, but he is believed to still be in Iraq.
Vergès immediately courted controversy by suggesting that the Americans might assassinate Saddam before the case came to court. 'My concern is not the trial,' the lawyer said. 'My concern is they'll kill him before.'
Vergès also acted for the former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic, although his supporters later denied this.
Among the notorious clients Vergès has represented are the Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal and Gestapo chief Klaus 'Butcher of Lyons' Barbie.
Vergès has also been chosen to represent former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan, at a forthcoming genocide trial for surviving leaders of the group that ruled Cambodia.
Nice clientele....
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