Rice to talk about Blackwater with Maliki
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she would call Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to "express regret" over the deaths of Iraqi civilians.
Rice would "express regret for the loss of innocent life," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said during a media briefing. The department's Diplomatic Security Bureau is investigating the Sunday incident in which employees of a U.S. private military contractor Blackwater, protecting a State Department motorcade, apparently came under attack and fired back, killing a reported 11 people.
McCormack asked that conclusions not be drawn until the investigation was completed.
"There was a loss of life here. There was a firefight. We believe some innocent life was lost," McCormack said. "Nobody wants to see that. But I can't tell you who was responsible for that."
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Rice would "express regret for the loss of innocent life," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said during a media briefing. The department's Diplomatic Security Bureau is investigating the Sunday incident in which employees of a U.S. private military contractor Blackwater, protecting a State Department motorcade, apparently came under attack and fired back, killing a reported 11 people.
McCormack asked that conclusions not be drawn until the investigation was completed.
"There was a loss of life here. There was a firefight. We believe some innocent life was lost," McCormack said. "Nobody wants to see that. But I can't tell you who was responsible for that."
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