Imad Hage, a prominent businessman and an emerging political leader in Lebanon, said the U.S. missed a chance to avert war with Iraq.ABCNEWS.com Possible Deal Aborted? Claim: U.S. Government Spurned Peace Talks Before the War With Iraq By Brian Ross and Chris Vlasto ABCNEWS.com Nov. 5— A possible negotiated peace deal was laid out in a heavily guarded compound in Baghdad in the days before the war, but a top former Pentagon adviser says he was ordered not to pursue the deal, ABCNEWS has learned. The secret meeting involved a Lebanese-American businessman and Iraqi intelligence officials and came...