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.

Sat, 06 Oct, 2007 - 09:50

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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