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Ramsey Clark: Saddam Torture Claims False
Saddam Hussein's lawyer, Ramsey Clark, has yet to present his defense against allegations that the Iraqi dictator used gruesome torture techniques and mass executions to keep his people in line. But two years ago, Clark was claiming that brutality charges against the Butcher of Baghdad had simply been made up. Asked about an eyewitness account of the torture death of an Iraqi dissident who was eaten alive by dogs while Saddam watched, Clark told KTTH Seattle radio host Mike Siegel, "That's the most absurd story I've heard in a long time." "Propaganda can be pretty vicious," he warned.
Story Continues Below Instead, Saddam's legal eagle blamed the victim's execution on "people working for the [Iraqi] government, apparently." Asked if Saddam controlled the government at the time, Clark told Siegel, "The government is a lot of people." The former U.S. attorney general challenged the credibility of Saddam's accusers, saying their accounts can't be trusted. "I've worked with problems of defection and informers for years and years and they're not generally reliable," he explained. "You have to be careful about who you're talking to." Clark said the allegations against his future client were "garbage and propaganda," while insisting that U.S.-backed economic sanctions against Iraq during the 1990s amounted to "absolute genocide." Editor's note:
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