We Were Blackwater
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The aftermath of the 2003 Iraq invasion is a story that has yet to be told by those who fought their own war against a brutal insurgency: the private security contractors. Risking life and limb, often side by side with the US military but far more exposed, they were never to receive a hero's homecoming. They remained in the shadows, often with good cause, but that would change for ever on 31 March 2004, when a security convoy was ambushed in Fallujah and the charred bodies of two American operators were strung from a road bridge. Those events would ensure notoriety for the company involved: Blackwater.
This is the untold story of the security industry and its private war, recounted by a man who witnessed it first hand: SAS veteran and New Zealand national Barrie Rice. His visceral, no-holds-barred account of his time with Blackwater is brought to life in scenes that lead to a reckoning with both the war and himself. This gripping account delivers a compelling slice of reality - the inside story of the private contractor's war.
Barrie 'Baz' Rice served in the New Zealand Special Air Service (1 NZSAS), aka 'the Unit'. During that time, he was an amphibious and counterterrorist group commander, demolitions, hand-to-hand and tracking instructor. He left the SAS in 1995 and has since worked as a private security contractor, sole operator bodyguard, close protection instructor and team leader for international security companies, such as Blackwater, and with military units and law enforcement agencies. He has also provided military consultancy and weapons training for Oscar-winning movies such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty and for a host of TV shows.