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Alleged US deserter Hassoun may be in Lebanon
ABC Australia ^ | 01.12.05 | ABC Aussie

Posted on 01/12/2005 7:44:09 AM PST by Registered

Alleged US deserter Hassoun may be in Lebanon

US Marine Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun, charged with desertion in a mysterious case in which he left his unit in Iraq and turned up in Lebanon, has again gone absent and appears to have returned to Lebanon.

The US military has tracked records from bank machines indicating that Hassoun made his way to Canada and then back to Lebanon, the country of his birth, said a US official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The Marine Corps formally declared him a deserter on Wednesday.

Major Matt Morgan, a Marine Corps spokesman at Camp Lejeune, said Hassoun did not return to the base and report for duty as required on Tuesday from an authorised leave over the New Year's holiday to visit his family in Utah.

A Marine Corps statement said that "his command officially declared him a deserter and issued authorisation for civil authorities to apprehend Hassoun and return him to military control".

"The Marine Corps did contact his family when he initially failed to show up yesterday (Tuesday)," Maj Morgan said.

"They were not able to provide any information that was helpful."

Hassoun disappeared last June from his unit in Iraq where he had worked as an Arabic interpreter and later turned up in Lebanon, stating he had been kidnapped by militants.

The Marines announced on December 9 that he had been charged with desertion, rejecting his account that he had been kidnapped.

Hassoun also was charged with loss of government property and theft of a 9mm military pistol.

Officials said additional criminal charges were now possible.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: awol; cyalater; deserter; hassoun; lebanon; majorleague; marines; military; missing; screwup; wassefalihassoun; whereswaldo
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Didn't see this posted. Amazingly.
1 posted on 01/12/2005 7:44:09 AM PST by Registered
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To: Registered

Why was this guy ever released? This was the height of stupidity by our own government.


2 posted on 01/12/2005 7:46:03 AM PST by TommyDale
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To: TommyDale

Shoot on sight


3 posted on 01/12/2005 7:48:01 AM PST by Alex Marko
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To: Registered

Thinking we need to do more stringent background checks on all of our Arabic interpreters. If the can interpret arabic to english, they can interpret english to arabic as well. We seem to have a prob with them.


4 posted on 01/12/2005 7:50:00 AM PST by America's Resolve (awarforeurabia.blogspot.com - Watching the war for Europe)
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To: Registered

Time to send a sniper after him...


5 posted on 01/12/2005 7:51:38 AM PST by trebb ("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
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To: Registered

Let's go get him, and then stop by Damascus while we're in the neighborhood and make Bashir give free dental cleanings to all!


6 posted on 01/12/2005 7:52:19 AM PST by aynrandfreak (If 9/11 didn't change you, you're a bad human being)
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To: Registered
This is an adequate excuse to invade Lebanon and avenge the genuine Marines who were murdered there by the terrorists.
7 posted on 01/12/2005 7:56:40 AM PST by af_vet_1981
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To: TommyDale

I am SURE that the C.O. got or is getting hammered for NOT PRE-TRIAL CONFINING this turd.


8 posted on 01/12/2005 8:05:11 AM PST by HMFIC (The Peace Symbol is the FOOTPRINT of the American CHICKEN!)
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Also it makes all translations he's ever done suspect. It's not a stretch to think he may have intentionally bungled words, omitted, added, and/or distorted messages to undermine the safety and efforts of his fellow Marines.


9 posted on 01/12/2005 8:12:15 AM PST by KJC1 (overused DUmmie words: fascist, hubris, disenfranchisement)
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To: Registered

My sheltered little mind thinks we granted him leave for a reason. IMHO, we're tracking him by more sophisticated means than bank card usage.


10 posted on 01/12/2005 8:22:48 AM PST by Quilla
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To: Registered

Hey,maybe,somewhere down the road,we can get to watch a video of him being beheaded by his fellow "resistors" !


11 posted on 01/12/2005 8:25:14 AM PST by genefromjersey (So much to flame;so little time !)
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To: Registered

Maybe he's kidnapped himself again?


12 posted on 01/12/2005 8:26:49 AM PST by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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He must have felt the sudden need to join the Global Jihad. Again.


13 posted on 01/12/2005 8:29:40 AM PST by TXBSAFH (Never underestimate the power of human stupidity--Robert Heinlein)
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To: Registered

Hmmmmmm.......


14 posted on 01/12/2005 8:45:25 AM PST by happygrl
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To: Registered

< "The Marine Corps did contact his family when he initially failed to show up yesterday (Tuesday)," Maj Morgan said.

"They were not able to provide any information that was helpful." >

Make that "They would not provide..."


15 posted on 01/12/2005 8:58:54 AM PST by GOP_Proud (Those who proclaim tolerance have the least for my views.)
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To: Registered

This guy goes on international flights like I go to the corner drugstore.


16 posted on 01/12/2005 9:08:28 AM PST by pepperdog
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To: Registered

I thought I saw a news report yesterday where this guy was killed in a shoot out with the police. They showed a picture of him running around in camo with a rifle.


17 posted on 01/12/2005 9:27:46 AM PST by ALinArleta (One shot! One kill!)
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Yeah, seriously. Kill a couple of 'em and I imagine the memories of the rest will get a lot better.


18 posted on 01/12/2005 9:36:38 AM PST by thoughtomator (Rooting for a Jets-Vikings Superbowl!)
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To: Registered

Can you design a playing (poker) card of this guy to distribute for an APB?


19 posted on 01/12/2005 10:17:06 AM PST by fishtank
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To: Registered; HiJinx; Radix; Old Sarge; Arrowhead1952; mylife
The Marine Corps formally declared him a deserter on Wednesday.

About freaking time.

20 posted on 01/12/2005 12:26:22 PM PST by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden; it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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