Saddam lawyer says access to client denied

Saddam lawyer says access to client denied 11.05.2004 1.22 pm AMMAN - Saddam Hussein's defence lawyers said on Monday they had received no response from the US administration in Iraq and the International Committee of the Red Cross to repeated requests to see their client. (...) French Lawyer Jacques Verges, who said in March that Saddam's nephew had asked him to defend the former Iraqi dictator, was not a member of the group, Rashdan said. Verges is known for defending Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie and international guerrilla Carlos the Jackal.