Friday, December 10, 2004
The Strange Case of Corporal Hassoun II
New details in the case of the Marine who was dead, then not dead, lost, then found, lost again, dead again, finally found. Turns out, he was a deserter all
along.
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along.
A U.S. Marine who disappeared in Iraq -- and then showed up in a purported hostage video before later appearing as a free man in Lebanon -- has been charged with desertion, Pentagon officials said Thursday.
Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun will also be charged by the Marine Corps with larceny and wrongful disposition of military property in connection with his service-issued 9 mm handgun that disappeared with him and never turned up, officials said...
Military investigators reopened the Hassoun case last month after several personal items -- including his military ID and civilian passport -- were found in Falluja, the city from which he disappeared in June.
