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Great News...Soldier From Miss. Escapes Iraqi Kidnappers

#1 Postby southerngale » Sun May 02, 2004 5:12 am

Halliburton Employee Thomas Hamill Apparently Escapes Iraqi Kidnappers, Is Back in U.S. Custody
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#2 Postby Matthew5 » Sun May 02, 2004 5:36 am

Thank god 8-)
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#3 Postby cycloneye » Sun May 02, 2004 5:47 am

Yes great news it is.
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#4 Postby southerngale » Sun May 02, 2004 5:48 am

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BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S. hostage Thomas Hamill was found by U.S. forces south of Tikrit Sunday after he apparently escaped from captors who had been holding him since an attack on a convoy April 9, the U.S. military said.

Hamill, 43, of Macon, Miss., was "in good health," said Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt.

Kimmitt said U.S. military units were patrolling a petroleum pipeline when Hamill, a truck driver for Halliburton Corp., approached and identified himself.

"Mr. Hamill apparently escaped from a building," Kimmitt said. "He has spoken to his family. He is now ready to get back to work."

Hamill was among seven employees of Halliburton subsidiary KBR, formerly known as Kellogg, Brown & Root, missing since an April 9 attack on their convoy west of Baghdad. The bodies of four of the employees have since been found.

Also kidnapped in the attack was a U.S. soldier, Pfc. Keith M. Maupin, whose fate remains unknown. He was seen alive days later in video footage aired on the Arab television station al-Jazeera.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118764,00.html
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#5 Postby Lindaloo » Sun May 02, 2004 6:13 am

Fantastic!!
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#6 Postby mf_dolphin » Sun May 02, 2004 6:42 am

That's great news to wake up to! :-)
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#7 Postby rainstorm » Sun May 02, 2004 6:46 am

great news
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#8 Postby stormraiser » Sun May 02, 2004 7:05 am

Yes, that is wonderul. Hopefully, there won't be anymore POWs taken from our side
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#9 Postby bfez1 » Sun May 02, 2004 7:56 am

Wonderful news!!!
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#10 Postby rainstorm » Sun May 02, 2004 8:59 am

stormraiser wrote:Yes, that is wonderul. Hopefully, there won't be anymore POWs taken from our side


i have a feeling now that our news media has shown the pics of the iraqi pow's, any us captive will be in for rather barbaric torture. what our soldiers did was wrong. and the media was wrong to publish the pics.
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#11 Postby Stephanie » Sun May 02, 2004 10:08 am

That's great!!!! :D
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#12 Postby GalvestonDuck » Sun May 02, 2004 10:30 am

Hallelujah!! :)
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#13 Postby DaylilyDawn » Sun May 02, 2004 7:42 pm

Great news for his family!
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#14 Postby Rainband » Mon May 03, 2004 6:30 am

He was working to pay for his wifes heart surgery :cry: She said he almost gave her a heart attack :eek: Great news indeed :wink:
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