U.S. GENERAL: MERCENARIES "OVER THE TOP"

Ok, we get a little bit of truth from a flag officer.

U.S. general: Security contractors use 'over-the-top' tactics in Iraq
From Mike Mount
CNN Pentagon producer

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Security contractors in Iraq use some over-the-top tactics and overreact at times, a top U.S. general in Iraq said Friday.

Many in Iraq have witnessed security contractors operating in a questionable fashion, said U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Joseph Anderson, chief of staff for the Multi-National Corps in Iraq.

"I can certainly say I've seen them do some tactics that I thought were over the top. But that's something we've got to keep working out," Anderson said in a briefing to Pentagon reporters via teleconference from Iraq.