11-06-2003, 01:01 PM
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This vexes me. I am terribly vexed.
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Iraq Said to Have Tried to Reach Last-Minute Deal to Avert War
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...dealtoavertwar
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As American soldiers massed on the Iraqi border in March and diplomats argued about war,
an influential adviser to the Pentagon received a secret message from a Lebanese-American
businessman: Saddam wanted to make a deal.
Iraqi officials, including the chief of the Iraqi Intelligence Service, had told the businessman that
they wanted Washington to know that Iraq no longer had WMD, and they offered to allow
American troops and experts to conduct a search.
Mr. Perle said he sought authorization from C.I.A. officials to meet with the Iraqis, but the
officials told him they did not want to pursue this channel, and they indicated they had already
engaged in separate contacts with Baghdad. Mr. Perle said, "The message was,
"Tell them that we will see them in Baghdad.".
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