WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The State Department will renew its contract with Blackwater to provide security in Iraq, Greg Starr, acting assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, said Friday. An woman passes a burnt car in a Baghdad neighborhood where Blackwater guards killed 17 in September. No provisions have been added to the contract, Starr said, but Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ordered several changes to procedure after a September incident in which Blackwater guards shot and killed 17 people, including women and children. The incident placed the operations of Blackwater and other security firms under scrutiny in Iraq, where an estimated 25,000 private contractors protect diplomats, reconstruction workers and government officials. Under a provision instituted in the early days of the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq, security contractors have immunity from Iraqi law.
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Blackwater guards shot and killed 17 people in disputed incident
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FBI investigating Blackwater; contract will be reviewed afterward
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Contractors protect diplomats, reconstruction workers, government officials
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Security contractors have immunity from Iraqi law
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