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2005-09-07 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Bobby 2005-09-07 12:53|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Should've went for French or Italians - I hear their governments pay well for hostages.

Posted by Raj 2005-09-07 13:48|| 2005-09-07 13:48|| Front Page Top

#2 UPDATE: He was RESCUED by US Forces--

The U.S. military, acting on a tip, raided a farmhouse Wednesday and rescued an American held hostage for 10 months. Roy Hallums, 57, was "in good condition and is receiving medical care," a military statement said after U.S. forces freed him from an isolated farmhouse 15 miles south of Baghdad. The statement said the military had received a tip from an Iraqi prisoner.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-09-07 15:07|| 2005-09-07 15:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Aww, screw 'im.

Posted by Kos">Kos 2005-09-07 15:11|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-09-07 15:11|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm glad for this. I always figure "hostages" are dead; it's so good when I get a surprise.

Welcome home, Mr. Hallums, and thanks for your courage.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-09-07 15:13|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-09-07 15:13|| Front Page Top

#5 From Fox News:
Coalition forces acting on a tip from an Iraqi detainee Wednesday rescued American hostage Roy Hallums (search) from an isolated farm house south of Baghdad, a military statement said. An Iraqi also was rescued.

The 57-year-old contractor, formerly of Newport Beach, Calif., had been held since being kidnapped at gunpoint from his office in Baghdad's Mansour district (search) on Nov. 1. "Hallums is in good condition and is receiving medical care," the military said.

He was held in a farmhouse 15 miles south of Baghdad (search), the statement said, adding that rescuers were tipped to his whereabouts by an unidentified Iraqi detainee.

Also:
In the southern city of Basra, meanwhile, a roadside bomb killed four American security guards traveling in a convoy Wednesday, a U.S. Embassy spokesman said.

Posted by ed 2005-09-07 16:17|| 2005-09-07 16:17|| Front Page Top

#6 US Contractor Sprung in Iraq

what are the odds someone would be alive after 10 months?

Posted by Red Dog 2005-09-07 22:04|| 2005-09-07 22:04|| Front Page Top

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