December 24, 2006
Deborah Hastings has written a two part series on Roy Hallums. For those of you who may be new to The Jawa Report, Rusty and TJR started following Roy’s story from the beginning.NC Times:EDITOR'S NOTE -- The Iraqi kidnappers threatened American contractor Roy Hallums with death. Then they videotaped him begging for help. It was all in their script. But could anyone save his life? This is the first part of a two-part serial narrative.To give you an idea of what Roy’s story means to us here at The Jawa Report I’ll just quote Rusty on the day we learned Roy was rescued.It was an ordinary Monday afternoon. As ordinary as a day can be in Baghdad.
Roy Hallums was in his second-floor office, sitting at his desk, bent over his computer keyboard. Even in a well-to-do neighborhood, in a fortified complex with armed guards, he was used to hearing the sounds of war.
But this was the first time he'd heard them coming up the stairs.
Shooting. Yelling. Pounding feet. Hallums stood, waiting for whatever it was to burst through the door. Four men slammed in, balaclavas covering their heads, guns pointed. In heavily accented English they said: Come with us or we'll kill you…
…November 1, 2004, the day of his kidnapping. A single event from which would be constructed a triangle of anguished isolation: One side was his. Another belonged to his family living in the suburbs of America, begging for help and feeling ignored…
...EDITOR'S NOTE -- This story is based on hours of interviews with Roy Hallums, Susan Hallums and Dan O'Shea, and their recollections of Roy Hallums' kidnapping in Iraq.
Kidnapped Americans in Iraq
Since May 2003, at least 24 Americans have been kidnapped in Iraq. Eighteen are dead or missing.
Today is one of the happiest days of my life. I'm literally crying.It was like Christmas only better, more like an Easter. I still have my Free Roy magnets up. I’m quite proud of those.
Here is the Jawa Report’s Roy Hallums archive.
In addition to the Americans who were held, murderer or are still missing, the number of Iraqi’s who have suffered this staggering, I have no idea how many. Let’s remember we are in Iraq for them as well. They are kidnapped and murdered every day.
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Posted by: Frank Hunter at December 24, 2006 05:53 PM (JGiPv)
Posted by: Frank Hunter at December 24, 2006 05:54 PM (JGiPv)
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Press release: December 28, 2006
Re: Paul Reuben Held Hostage: www.save5.net
Mark’s conversations and e-mails with Paul’s past team members and friends reveal that they believe that Paul and the other captives are still alive. Neither the U.S. State Department nor Crescent Security has done much to resolve this hostage situation.
Mark intends to go to Iraq and meet up with his contacts to try to make contact with the 5 missing people and obtain their release.
This year’s profits from the sale of his Murderapolis T-Shirts will go toward meeting the ransom demand. It is hoped that other businesses will help in selling the T-Shirts.
We hope to trun something bad “Murderapolis†in to something good.
Press conference on December 28, 2006, from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
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We will release more info then.
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Posted by: Mark Koscielski at December 25, 2006 12:04 AM (Qclmt)
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