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In the interview on Sunday, he also forcefully defended his order to remove all private security contractors from Afghanistan by the end of the year, saying that they were "running a parallel security structure" in the country that was "looting and stealing from the Afghan people".
Mr Karzai said then that the firms had become a parallel security system and were causing obstructions to the development of Afghan government forces.
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"It was a joint op at most in name," he said, "but really in fact a C.I.A.-run parallel security structure, and such structures have been a factor of insecurity themselves".
As a reporter in Iran, I was held for a few days by the "parallel" security forces – the intelligence branch of the revolutionary guards – after straying into the wrong area of countryside while on holiday.
Still, afterward, Israelis and Palestinians both proclaimed their parallel security efforts a relative achievement.
"Iran's multiple and often parallel security bodies - including a new cyber police force - can now scrutinise activists as they use personal computers in the privacy of their homes," writes Amnesty International in a new report entitled Expanding Repression of Dissent in Iran.
At the same time, senior officials repeated tonight that Mr. Zinni remained prepared to offer "political perspective" in parallel security talks with high-level political officials from both sides, once a cease-fire process was under way.
Even as Secretary Powell has sought repeatedly on this trip to start parallel security and political discussions, Mr. Ayalon, the adviser to Mr. Sharon, repeated Israel's longstanding position that a cease-fire is the key to any progress.
There is a parallel between homeland security and home security.
As Mr. Foley and the embattled Haitian leader spoke, Mr. Aristide's security force was already in a parallel conversation with security experts at the American Embassy about whether the president and the security officials could safely stay in the country, and what assistance Washington could provide.
"My proposal is maybe we need to start to have a parallel dialogue on security at the same time when we're working on the peace process".
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