Former US attorney general Ramsey Clark is to join the defence team of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

The former top US justice official, who arrived Tuesday in Jordan where the defence team is based, criticized that the special court in Iraq is nothing more than a creation of the US military occupation and has no authority in law as a criminal court.

Clark told reporters in the Jordanian capital that his principle concern was protecting the rights of Saddam, who only saw a lawyer for the first time this month, a year after his capture.

Clark, who held the office of attorney general under US President Lyndon B. Johnson, has become known as a firm critic of US foreign policy since leaving office.

He was also involved in the defence of former Serbian leader Solbodan Milosevic on trial for war crimes at a UN court in The Hague.

Source: Xinhua/CRIENGLISH.com