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Article: U.S. defense chief urges security contractors to coordinate with military in Iraq
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 18, 2007
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U.S. defense chief urges security contractors to coordinate with
military in Iraq
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- United States Defense
SecretaryRobert Gate urged on Thursday security contractors in Iraq
to coordinated their activities with U.S.-led forces in the country.
"There have been instances where, to put it mildly, the Iraqis
have been offended and not treated properly," Gates told a press
conference at the Pentagon. "Those kinds of activities work at cross
purposes to our larger mission in Iraq."
He criticized security contractors in Iraq, whose work was
sometimes run against the overall U.S. mission there.
The Pentagon made the most critical remarks against the security
contractors ...