Reply #93: So, why exactly is Ramsey Clark going to defend Saddam Hussein?

[American Tragedy]

I fully recognize that Hussein is entitled to legal counsel, but I seriously question the wisdom of a public figure like Ramsey Clark serving in that role.

I'm afraid that he will make a spectacle of himself and the case in front of a sensationalist media, or deliberately divert the focus of the trial, like Jacques Vergès did when he defended Klaus Barbie.

Furthermore, Ramsey Clark doesn't speak Arabic, and Saddam Hussein doesn't speak English. It seems like an unnecessary complication for a defendant and attorney to be mutually unintelligible. Would it be so hard to locate an arabophone lawyer?