Well, Libya appears to have offered the same deal, well in advance of Iraq getting in the firing line. The continuing Iraq war makes it rather convenient now to accept it, and to present this as a result of what happened to Saddam's regime, and as evidence that this has had useful effects elsewhere. However I haven't seen any evidence whatsoever that actually backs up that assertion.

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Shifts from bin Laden hunt evoke questions -here you are, GUEST from NW