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2015-02-25 Home Front: WoT

Marine who vanished in Iraq found guilty of desertion, gets 2 years

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-02-25 00:22|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "He didn't what to die in Iraq." Hmmmm. . . How about Virginia? My expertise with authorized UMCJ penalties is non-existent but I'd be okay with sticking him at the business end of Range 4 at Quantico. Deserted twice - (spit).

Along with desertion, the prosecutors could have made Article 125 stick I'd wager.

Posted by GORT 2015-02-25 07:04|| 2015-02-25 07:04|| Front Page Top

#2 Private Slovik could not be reached for comment.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-02-25 07:46|| 2015-02-25 07:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Yeah - in the good old days we used to shoot deserters during wartime.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-02-25 12:13|| 2015-02-25 12:13|| Front Page Top

#4 "A prosecutor described Hassoun as 'torn between two cultures: the Marine Corps and his upbringing as a Sunni Arab.' Prosecutors said Hassoun was disillusioned with the Marine Corps and longed for his Lebanese wife in 2004."

With the prosecutors making this type of statement, I'm surprised he got any time at all!

Posted by Spereling Hupeling6103 2015-02-25 13:13|| 2015-02-25 13:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Wtf did he join the marines for if he was torn betwen cultures? Not like he was drafted. Maybe someone will beat his brains out in prison.

Posted by chris 2015-02-25 20:03|| 2015-02-25 20:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Must be a Typo - clearly must mean 20 YEARS???

OOOOOPPPPSSS, my bad, I guess they do mean only 2 years.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-02-25 20:18|| 2015-02-25 20:18|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm gonna go out on a limb + say he prolly narc'ed on somebody, or a few, hence only the 2 years???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-02-25 20:20|| 2015-02-25 20:20|| Front Page Top

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