By MATTHEW LEE
The Associated Press

My God! Condoleezza is actually doing something. Get it on tape. Get it on tape.

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday she had ordered a “full and complete review” of security practices for U.S. diplomats following a deadly weekend incident in Iraq involving private guards protecting a U.S. embassy convoy in Baghdad.

Rice said she had directed the State Department to examine “how we are providing security to our diplomats.”

Speaking at a joint news conference with visiting French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner at the State Department, Rice said that details of the review and what it will entail would be provided later by her spokesman, Sean McCormack.

The announcement came as the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad announced a limited resumption in diplomatic convoys outside the heavily fortified Green Zone after a two-day suspension. They had been halted following Sunday’s incident in which guards protecting such a convoy, employed by the private firm Blackwater USA, opened fire in response to an alleged attack.

At least 11 people, including Iraqi civilians, were killed in the firefight. Iraqi officials have called the incident “criminal” and initially called for Blackwater to be expelled from the country.

“We take very seriously what happened,” Rice said, noting she had called Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday to express regret.

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