日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

American hostage freed after 10 months
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-08 09:03

The U.S. military, acting on a tip, raided an isolated farmhouse outside the capital Wednesday and rescued an American businessman held hostage for 10 months. The kidnappers, who had kept their captive bound and gagged, escaped without a gunbattle.

The rescue came on a day that saw two deadly bombings around the southern city of Basra, fueling fears the bloody insurgency was taking deeper root outside Sunni-dominated territory. A roadside bomb killed four American security agents. And an Interior Ministry official said 16 people were killed and 21 were injured in a car bombing at a restaurant in a central market.

Roy Hallums, 57, was "in good condition and is receiving medical care," a military statement said after U.S. forces freed him and an unidentified Iraqi from the farmhouse 15 miles south of Baghdad.

Lt. Col. Steven A. Boylan, a military spokesman, said the tipster whose information led to Hallums' release was captured just a few hours before the operation.

Hallums called his daughter early Wednesday from Iraq with news of his rescue, and apologized for causing her so much grief and pain.

An image taken from an insurgent video distributed January 25, 2005 in Iraq appears to show an American citizen, Roy Hallums, being held hostage by militants and pleading for his life as a gun is held to his head.
An image taken from an insurgent video distributed January 25, 2005 in Iraq appears to show an American citizen, Roy Hallums, being held hostage by militants and pleading for his life as a gun is held to his head. [Reuters/file]
"He apologized to me for putting me through any hardship," his eldest daughter, Carrie Anne Cooper, 29, said by telephone from her Westminster, Calif., home. "He got to say he was sorry, and I got to say I loved him. We got to say things we never thought we would be able to say."

Hallums, formerly of Newport Beach, Calif., was kidnapped at gunpoint from his office in the Mansour district of Baghdad on Nov. 1, 2004. At the time, he was working for the Saudi Arabian Trading and Construction Co., supplying food to the Iraqi army.

An Iraqi guard and one attacker were killed in the attack. The kidnappers also seized a Filipino, a Nepalese and three Iraqis, but later freed them.

"Considering what he's been through, I understand he's in good condition," said Hallums' ex-wife, Susan Hallums, 53, of Corona, Calif.

The family Web site was topped with a headline: Roy IS FREE!!!!!! 9/7/05.

Susan Hallums and her husband of 30 years divorced a few years ago but remained good friends, she said. They have a second daughter, Amanda Hallums, 26, of Tennessee.

Hallums had been bound and gagged for much of his time in captivity, but doctors gave him a "clean bill of health" after the rescue, Cooper said. Hallums told his family the kidnappers escaped and that he planned to return to the United States within days.

"I've been waiting for this day, hoping for this day for a long time," Cooper said.
Page: 12



Rescue continues in New Orleans
Egyptian presidential election campaigns conclude
Bush orders more troops to secure New Orleans
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

US$3.7 billion loan to help Taiwan-funded firms

 

   
 

EU backs textile deal, Denmark slams quotas

 

   
 

Chinese aid for Katrina victims on its way

 

   
 

Police, soldiers work to empty New Orleans

 

   
 

Strong progress in IPR protection campaign

 

   
 

Rumsfeld to make first China visit next month

 

   
  Police, soldiers work to empty New Orleans
   
  Sixteen dead as tropical storm moves toward northern Japan
   
  Israel plans to start final Gaza pullout on Monday
   
  Mayor may force people out of New Orleans
   
  Talabani says Saddam confessed to crimes
   
  Oil-for-Food probe faults Annan, others
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  Related Stories  
   
British diplomatic convoy attacked in Basra
   
Iraqi Leader: Saddam confessed to crimes
   
U.S. marine jets bomb two bridges in Iraq
   
Annan: Iraq is now center for terrorism
   
20 Iraqis die in attacks north of Baghdad
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 在线观看高清免费 | 成人不卡 | 精品精品 | 秋霞影院精品久久久久 | 成 人 黄 色 大片 | 免费网站观看 | 亚洲在成人网在线看 | 在线观看av网站永久 | 色婷婷小说| 国产亚洲精品不卡在线 | 成人精品视频在线观看 | 一区二区三区在线播放 | 久久亚洲美女久久久久 | 91视频综合网 | 青青久草在线 | 欧美亚洲福利 | 五月婷婷激情第五季 | 性久久久久久久久波多野结衣 | a久久 | aaa在线| 韩国A片国产浪潮AV 久久99国产精品 | 日韩毛片大全免费高清 | 国产成人91激情在线播放 | 爱人同志国语免费观看全集 | 日本一本免费一二区 | 欧美一级毛片不卡免费观看 | 久久精品国产99国产 | 国产一区二区三区不卡在线观看 | 奇米 影音先锋 | 看黄色毛片 | 久草视频手机在线观看 | 欧美日在线 | 国产精品国产三级国产aⅴ入口 | 一区二区三区四区五区中文字幕 | 九九热视频这里只有精品 | 精品久久香蕉国产线看观看亚洲 | a极毛片| 五月天综合婷婷 | 国产视频99 | 九九九九精品视频在线播放 | 国产精品热|