Al Hillah

I'd found listings for black-and-gold enclaves in Al Hillah, Iraq and Whangarei, New Zealand – but to that point, nothing for Beijing.

Black, Gold and Red Alan Paul 2011

Describing the "steel rain" that devastated the central Iraq city of Al Hillah, he noted that images of the aftermath, "including footage of a baby torn in half, were so gruesome that Western television networks refused to air them."

Robert Koehler: Steel Rain 2008

Nobody from the 372nd was killed in Al Hillah, but on patrols there was shooting, in the night there were explosions, and Sabrina had her nightmare.

'Genocide by design?' Bush Administration Plans to 'Stay' in Iraq for the Oil 2008

Describing the “steel rain” that devastated the central Iraq city of Al Hillah, he noted that images of the aftermath, “including footage of a baby torn in half, were so gruesome that Western television networks refused to air them.”

Steel Rain 2008

Four months later he fled to Al Hillah, his hometown just south of Baghdad; friends nicknamed him "" deserter. ''

Tale Of An Iraqi Turncoat 2008

With the approach of a referendum on Iraq's national constitution on Oct. 15, bombs were going off to the south in Baghdad, Taji and Al Hillah, killing scores of people and wounding hundreds.

Friends in the Mountains 2007

They have revealed that some 3,000 of the fighters have gathered in Al Hillah and in Al Kifl, north of Najaf to try to thwart the division's line of advance towards the Iraqi capital.

'We're Fighting Two Wars Here' 2007

A column of 200 to 300 Fedayeen was spotted on Highway 1, heading south from Baghdad toward Al Hillah in central Iraq, dressed in British and American uniforms.

'We're Fighting Two Wars Here' 2007

The purpose of the operation was to feint an attack on that town and proceed about 20 kilometers east towards Al Hillah in an attempt to force units from that town or Karbala to expose themselves and try to reinforce the town in which we were fighting.

The Blog of War Matthew Currier Burden 2006

On August 21, two days before I boarded my flight home from Kuwait, Lieutenant Kylan Jones-Huffman was shot and killed while riding in an SUV near the town of Al Hillah.

The Blog of War Matthew Currier Burden 2006