Category Archives: Hilla

Iraqi travelers get road access.

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Some of the things Kenneth’s PRT has done that go unreported: Coalition forces opened two lanes of traffic along Main Supply Route Tampa for use by Iraqi travelers during a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday. This move comes as more security … Continue reading →

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“I feel our history is coming back”.

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Updates on Babylon here and an interesting video here.

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Not so nice news about Hilla…

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Thank God the 3 Katyusha rockets aimed at Kenneth’s compound in Hilla missed the target and there were no injuries. It is disturbing to read that members of the “Special Groups” have been arrested in Hilla in the last couple … Continue reading →

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Iraqi comedy, with a twist.

Posted on May 2, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Recently, Babil Province had a theatrical performance of a popular Iraqi comedy, “Mud House”. The play incorporates messages involving “civil rights, democracy, the right to vote, and love for country” into comedy. Kenneth’s PRT hosted the event. I just wish … Continue reading →

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Provincial elections: reconstructing Iraq.

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Here’s a New York Times article on what has happened in Iraq since the provincial elections last January. Since Kenneth has been living in Hilla for the last year, I found this description sobering: Babil’s provincial capital, Hilla, is a … Continue reading →

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Learning K-9 techniques in Hillah.

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Read the whole story here.

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Babil Provincial Reconstruction Team’s work…

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

…in Hillah:  increasing demand for honeybees. Notice that it is women who are involved in this endeavor.

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Provincial Reconstruction Team work in Musayyib, Iraq.

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Last October Kenneth reported on a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Musayyib. The Multi-National Corps press release had this quote: “For a local government to work well, a community must believe in its future and in the capacity and determination of its … Continue reading →

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Christmas in Iraq.

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

This is the Christmas Card we received from Kenneth.  This was our first Christmas apart. Kenneth and his Iraqi well-wishers could not say it better: This is my first Christmas away from family in my 30 years of marriage. Even … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding Iraq.

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Here’s an excerpt of Kenneth’s contribution to RealClearWorld‘s blog, Rebuilding Iraq: Just a few weeks after my arrival in Al-Hillah, the REO [Regiona Embassy Office] compound was shelled twice. The REO compound adjoins a U.S. Army Forward Operating Base, where … Continue reading →

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Catching up on Iraq.

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

It’s back-to-school time again, summer is coming to a close, and Kenneth has returned to Iraq. I have been trying to keep up with all that’s happening over there, and one of the bloggers I enjoy reading, TigerHawk, has hit … Continue reading →

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Leaving Iraq.

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

If all goes well, Kenneth ought to get to Warsaw on Tuesday… It will have taken him 4 days or so to make the trip. He reports: …we were reminded this week about the danger of working here when an … Continue reading →

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Iraq updates.

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Those who do choose to work with us, have to have lots of courage on a daily basis.

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Unaccompanied tours – or when Dad is away in Iraq

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

It has been 3 months since Kenneth went to Iraq and I became an “unaccompanied tour” spouse. No one ever writes about all the myriad of support avenues that the US government provides families in my situation. The State Department, … Continue reading →

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Updates from Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq.

Posted on May 18, 2008 by Barbara Dillon Hillas

Here are some of Kenneth’s most recent blog entries… [Saddam Hussein] did little to lift the standard of living in southern or south-central Iraq and he aggressively persecuted the Shia in the wake of the 1991 uprising. Many males from … Continue reading →

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