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Wednesday, June 15, 2005  

CARRIE HALLUMS CLARIFIES REWARD REPORT
Susan Hallums the Source of Funding

Late last night I heard from Carrie Hallums Cooper, daughter of American hostage Roy Hallums, regarding the Scripps Howard News Service report of June 10 about which I posted a brief blog item yesterday.

According to Cooper, the $40,000 reward is not being offered by her sister, Amanda Hallums, as was reported by Scripps Howard. Rather, the reward has been funded by their mother, Susan Hallums, Roy’s ex-wife, through the pending sale of a home Susan owns in Memphis, Tenn.

The flyer currently being distributed in Iraq can be viewed at Roy’s Home Page, a site maintained by Cooper, by clicking here.

[Post-publication addendum: In related news, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. is reporting that Douglas Wood, held hostage in Iraq for more than six weeks, has been rescued in a joint Iraqi-American military operation and “is now under the protection of the Australian emergency response team in Baghdad.”]

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