U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she had ordered a “full and complete review” of security practices for U.S. diplomats in Iraq following the deadly weekend incident in Baghdad involving private guards protecting a U.S. embassy convoy. Rice said she had directed the State Department to examine “how we are providing security to our diplomats.” Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the review would include all aspects of that protection, including the rules of engagement for security guards. Rice ordered the review on Thursday in a telephone call from her airplane returning to Washington from the Middle East to the senior diplomat who will lead the review, Patrick Kennedy, McCormack said. At least 11 people, including Iraqi civilians, were killed in Sunday's shootout involving private guards from the U.S. firm Blackwater.
