New rules for embassy convoys after Blackwater shootout

US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has ordered government agents to ride with the Blackwater escorts of diplomatic convoys in Baghdad after a shooting in which private guards were accused of killing 13 Iraqi civilians.

New rules for embassy convoys after Blackwater shootout

US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has ordered government agents to ride with the Blackwater escorts of diplomatic convoys in Baghdad after a shooting in which private guards were accused of killing 13 Iraqi civilians.

She also ordered video cameras to be installed in Blackwater vehicles.

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