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Home Front: WoT
Marine Charged With Desertion Goes Missing
2005-01-05
RALEIGH, N.C. — Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, the Marine who was once thought kidnapped in Iraq only to be charged later with desertion, has disappeared, Marine officials announced Wednesday.
I don't think the "taken hostage" ploy will work this time.
Hassoun had been on leave with his family in West Jordan, Utah, when he was scheduled to return to Camp Lejeune on Tuesday, military officials said. Hassoun's family said they do not know his whereabouts and the military is notifying civilian law enforcement of his fugitive status. Officials listed Hassoun as a deserter Wednesday.
They can do both trials at the same time.
He was charged in December with desertion following a five-month probe into his June disappearance from a U.S. military camp in Iraq. The 24-year-old Utah resident went missing June 20, 2004, from his base in Fallujah. A few days later a videotape of him blindfolded and with a sword hanging over his head aired on Arab television, prompting fears he had been taken hostage by terrorists. A group claiming to have taken Hassoun said he had been kidnapped after being lured from the base by a love affair. But in a bizarre twist, Hassoun turned up unharmed on July 8 at the U.S. Embassy in his native Lebanon. It was unclear how he had gotten there.
Posted by:Steve

#11  Put it this way, his fellow Marines, of whatever stripe, will have something in mind for him.

And its much more severe than a bootcamp blanket party.

My bet is his family aided and abetted. Time to go investigate them. Thoroughly.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-01-05 9:14:58 PM  

#10  Put it this way, his fellow Marines, of whatever stripe, will have something in mind for him.

And its much more severe than a bootcamp blanket party.

My bet is his family aided and abetted. Time to go investigate them. Thoroughly.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-01-05 9:14:58 PM  

#9  I think I called this one a while back. It was an easy call.
Posted by: Rafael   2005-01-05 10:17:32 PM  

#8  Put it this way, his fellow Marines, of whatever stripe, will have something in mind for him.

And its much more severe than a bootcamp blanket party.

My bet is his family aided and abetted. Time to go investigate them. Thoroughly.
Posted by: OldSpook   2005-01-05 9:14:58 PM  

#7  NBC News reported the US has tracked his credit card transactions, first to Canada and then on to, wait for it, Lebanon. Back to the loving arms of his "family".
Posted by: Steve   2005-01-05 8:41:31 PM  

#6  Next time we hear from this clown will be either in or via Kanada and the lack of that Northern Friendship Fence. No self-respecting Bail Bondsman would've written paper on him - I can't imagine why the Jarines gave him more leave.
Posted by: .com   2005-01-05 8:19:01 PM  

#5  BAR - not doing Muslim recruits any favors. Well, maybe not but hopefully the various intel services have him on a very loose, but nevertheless there, leash. If you want to find the cheese, follow the rats.
Posted by: Doc8404   2005-01-05 8:07:24 PM  

#4   I wonder what the reaction will be

at this point, I'm guessing a big WooHoo
Posted by: tiredofthegame   2005-01-05 6:54:53 PM  

#3  This guy is definitely not doing Muslim recruits any favors.

On a related note, I wonder what the reaction will be from his fellow Muslim Marines regarding this development?
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-01-05 6:26:36 PM  

#2  We take care of our own rogues and sometimes we have one.

Semper Fi
Posted by: leaddog2   2005-01-05 5:34:15 PM  

#1  Damn! He got back into the U.S. and has disappeared just as Bin Laden puts out an audio tape which gives the signal for an all out attack.
Posted by: leaddog2   2005-01-05 5:32:57 PM  

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