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Article: Rice approves rules for security contractors in Iraq.(Wire Washington)(HHHH New guidelines strengthen supervision of and accountability for firms protecting U.S. diplomats)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- October 24, 2007
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Byline: Karen DeYoung The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - Private security contractors will continue to protect U.S. diplomats in Iraq but will operate under closer supervision by U.S. Embassy officials and with clearer accountability for their actions, according to new rules approved Tuesday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Neither the U.S. military nor the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service is prepared to assume responsibility for guarding diplomats and other official U.S. civilians, according to a Rice-appointed review panel that recommended the changes.
Instead, communications among the military, the embassy and the Iraqi ...