London: Ahmad Chalabi, leader of the Iraqi National Congress Opposition group and
Pentagon's favourite to succeed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, has been flown into
Southern Iraq by US forces even as Britain is planning to appoint a senior Army
officer to act as deputy to Jay Garner, the former US General appointed by the
Pentagon to head an interim authority to control post-war Iraq.
Chalabi, a Shiite exile, was said to be at the head of a 600-strong force called the
Free Iraqi Fighters under the command of Gen Tommy Franks, US Commander in the
Persian Gulf.
