No, he didn't, and everyone who's actually READ the report of the weapons inspectors (did you?) knows it. Google for the remarks of Scott Ritter back in 1998, and how confident he was that Saddam had no WMDs.And there were no negotiations. It's been show for a long time that that information was faulty.Apply skepticism to the news, too, ESPECIALLY what comes out of the mouths of people in government.