Blackwater is responsible for US embassy security and protects diplomats and officials [AFP]
The US has vowed to investigate a deadly Iraqi civilian shooting after the Iraqi government ordered Blackwater USA, the main American security firm in the country, to get out over the killings.
Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, telephoned Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's prime minister, to express regret at the loss of life and promised that the results of an internal investigation into Sunday's incident would be shared with Baghdad.
"She has expressed her personal apologies and the apologies of the government of the United States. She confirmed that the United States will take immediate actions to prevent such actions from happening again," al-Maliki's office said.
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Source: Al Jazeera English - News - Us Vows Blackwater Killings Probe
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