Garner in Iraq to head Iraqi opposition groups' meeting: report
WASHINGTON (AFP) Apr 15, 2003 Retired US general Jay Garner, who is expected to lead an interim administration in Iraq, will preside over a meeting of Iraqi opposition groups in the southern city of Nasiriyah, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
Appointed by US President George W. Bush, Garner, 64, in an interview with the daily, predicted that his mission to remake Iraqi politics in the wake of the US-led military removal of Saddam Hussein would be messy and contentious.
