No, says Darren Kaplan, who calls this claim "demonstrably untrue". He backs that up with a detailed history of the relationship between the U.S. and Saddam over the years. Then the comments section adds a new angle, and the debate continues. If this issue matters to you, Kaplan's post and comments section are a good source.
He starts rather late, doesn't he? I would have liked to see some discussion of the claim that US played a considerable role in making the original coup that brought Baath to power in Iraq a success.
Bah, stupid trolls with no life.
Bah not this stupid troll again, they did the same thing at dailypundit.com. They should at least have originality dangit!
FYI, the commenters aren't referring to Dan's comment... I deleted the troll spams.