The top lawyer for deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has quit the Jordan-based legal team, saying Thursday some of the team’s US members were trying to control the defense and tone down his criticism of the U.S. occupation and the current Iraqi regime. The lawyer has often expressed support for Iraqi resistance. Among the Americans on the team are former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark. The lawyer charged that Clark and another American lawyer helping defend Saddam, were “upset with my statements and have often asked me to refrain from criticizing the American occupation of Iraq and the U.S.-backed Iraqi government.” Saddam’s legal team includes 1,500 volunteers and at least 22 lead lawyers who come from several countries, including the United States, France, Jordan, Iraq and Libya. No date has been set for Saddam’s trial.