FRENCH LAWYER JACQUES VERGES WILL REPRESENT SADDAM HUSSEIN
French lawyer Jacques Verges, in a file photo from Amman, Jordan, December 18, 2003, said on March 27, 2004, that Saddam Hussein's nephew had chosen him to represent Saddam Hussein in his upcoming war crimes tria. Verges is known for defending Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and guerrilla Carlos the Jackal and is presently defending former Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)
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