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Whether by coincidence or fear that Libya might be targeted, Gaddafi's envoys approached Britain on the eve of the Iraq war to discuss a deal, U.S. officials said.

Must be a coincidence.

[Paladin2]

There could be some resignation on Gaddafi's part that Bush is sudenly more likely to be re-elected and he (Gaddafi) would have to wait out four more years for the hope of a change of heart (to bleeding) in the White House.