US unveils civil administration plan
The team, headed by retired US General Jay Garner, says it wants quickly to hand over rule to Iraqis, but Arab analysts say Iraqis are unlikely to accept rule by foreigners on any terms.
"The idea is that we work ourselves out of a job as soon as we can," Garner's spokesman Nathan Jones said.
Garner was due to address the media for the first time this morningOK at a news conference in Kuwait, where he and his team are working at a luxury hotel.
The mission of Garner's Office for Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA) is to provide humanitarian assistance, work on reconstructing the country and install a civil administration that would prepare for the eventual creation of an interim government by Iraqis themselves.
One ORHA official who declined to be identified said he estimated the team might hand over to an interim government just three months after hostilities end.
