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Jacques Verges was a French lawyer known for his controversial and high-profile legal cases. His defense work included representing clients such as Klaus Barbie and Carlos the Jackal. Verges' career was marked by his unorthodox legal strategies and his willingness to take on cases that challenged the status quo. His legacy is complex, reflecting both his skills as a lawyer and the contentious nature of some of his cases.

"This mass destructive weapons were sold to Iraqi government by the United States. And Mr. Rumsfeld has been one of the man responsible for this sale, for this bargain, for this market."



"Here, I am looking for a document issued by a public attorney. I don't find. He is accused by the political leaders of the coalition, by his enemies, who said that he is guilty. That he deserves to be killed."



"The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time."


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