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March 27, 2004
Defending the Indefensible
This should come as no surprise to anyone.
The French lawyer known for defending Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and guerrilla Carlos the Jackal said Saturday that Saddam Hussein's nephew had chosen him to represent the deposed Iraqi president.
Saddam's got a French lawyer. Go figure.
Verges, who is also defending former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz, said he had accepted the job of defending Saddam and suggested his strategy would focus on the role played by the United States and other countries in supporting the Iraqi leader in the 1980s.
Good luck with that one, Jacques. Though I suppose in some circles that passes the straight-face test, this case is more likely what we in the legal profession call a 'dog'.
Charges against Saddam could cover his campaign against Iraqi Kurds in the 1980s, the use of chemical weapons on Iranian troops and Kurdish civilians, the crushing of Kurdish and Shi'ite Muslim uprisings in 1991 and the oppression of minority groups in the south and north of the country.
All those mass graves all over the country will speak for themselves I think.
Posted by Rita at March 27, 2004 11:07 AM