IRAQ-CONFLICT: US administrator visits north

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Att.Editors: The following item is from the Qatar News Agency (QNA)

BAGHDAD, Apr 22 2003 (IPS) - US General Jay Garner, head of the civil administration in Iraq, on Tuesday met with Jalal Talabani, leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in Sulaimaniya, North Iraq.

The US Radio the World Today said Garner was making the visit to Sulaimaniya in the course of his tour of Iraqi cities.

Garner, who arrived in Baghdad for the first time on Monday, flew by C130 Hercules aircraft to Arbil then transferred to a CH53 helicopter to take him to Sulaimaniya.