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[bryant]

Ordinarily, I’d be pretty dubious about this report, but one of the sources is Richard Perle. If it’s true, Iraq was trying pretty hard to negotiate a peace — including allowing thousands of US scientists into the country to look for WMDs and UN-sponsored free elections.

One could argue that Saddam would have gone back on his deal. But it would have been a lot easier getting international support for an invasion at that point.