19 Aug 2023

Barrie Rice: We Were Blackwater

From Saturday Morning, 8:10 am on 19 August 2023

Photo: Biteback Publishing/supplied

The aftermath of the 2003 Iraq invasion is told by former New Zealand SAS soldier Barrie Rice in his book We Were Blackwater - Life, death and madness in the killing fields of Iraq.

Here he recalls lucrative private security contracts, on what soldiers call "the circuit"; the ambush of the Blackwater security convoy in Fallujah, and living with PTSD.

Rice has worked as a military advisor on films including The Hurt Locker, and Zero Dark 30.

 

 

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