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War in Iraq
**Hostage says he was blindfolded for 10 months **
September 24, 2005
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – An American contract worker who was kidnapped in Iraq and held more than 10 months says in an interview that his captors kept him blindfolded and bound throughout the ordeal.
Roy Hallums, 57, described his experience to ‘‘60 Minutes’’ reporter Lesley Stahl in a segment that will air Sunday on CBS.
Hallums also said the motive behind his kidnapping was ransom, but he refused to give his captors contact information for his family to spare them from having to negotiate. Hallums was rescued Sept. 7 by coalition troops from a 4-foot-high crawl space under a farmhouse. He returned to his hometown of Memphis two days later to a joyous family reunion.
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War in Iraq
**Hostage says he was blindfolded for 10 months **
September 24, 2005
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – An American contract worker who was kidnapped in Iraq and held more than 10 months says in an interview that his captors kept him blindfolded and bound throughout the ordeal.
Roy Hallums, 57, described his experience to ‘‘60 Minutes’’ reporter Lesley Stahl in a segment that will air Sunday on CBS.
Hallums also said the motive behind his kidnapping was ransom, but he refused to give his captors contact information for his family to spare them from having to negotiate. Hallums was rescued Sept. 7 by coalition troops from a 4-foot-high crawl space under a farmhouse. He returned to his hometown of Memphis two days later to a joyous family reunion.
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