Fr. Jean-Marie Benjamin is a former UNICEF special events officer and accomplished classical and modern composer. In 1988, in order to become a Catholic priest, he quit his UNICEF post and ended his artistic activities in favor of theological studies in Rome. He was ordained in 1991, at the age of 45, and is now a leading French cleric who is widely respected in the Arab world for his fight for justice for the Iraqi people, which he began in earnest in 1997. He has produced two revealing video documentaries exploring the depths of Anglo-American mendacity in their dealings with Iraq, and is currently involved in organizing the legal defense of Tariq Aziz, the deposed Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq.