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Marine deserter loses book, movie deal

2005-01-21

The brother of a U.S. Marine who deserted the military twice says his latest disappearance has scuttled a potentially million-dollar book deal.

Darn. Gosh. Shucks.

Mohamed Hassoun, the brother of Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, said the two were in negotiations for a book and film deal before Wassef disappeared during the holidays, the Salt Lake City Deseret Morning News reported. "There are no current negotiations right now," Mohamad Hassoun said Thursday from his home in West Jordan.

There's always a movie of the week deal with al-Jaz

Wassef went missing from his U.S. military base in Fallujah last June, only to appear blindfolded in an alleged terrorist video saying he had been kidnapped. He later presented himself to U.S. embassy officials in Lebanon, and returned to the United States. He spent several months being re-acclimated and debriefed. The Marine Corps investigated his disappearance and determined it to be desertion. He was to face charges this month, but disappeared again in December when he was allowed to leave Camp LeJeune on holiday leave.

They traced his bank card usage to Lebanon, and then he seems to have dropped off the face of the earth

Posted by:Steve

#10 hope we see a hanging when he gets caught again

Posted by: smokeysinse 2005-01-21 5:22:56 PM

#9 Fox should give him a recurring role on 24. The SOB was, is, and always will be a member of the Fifth Column. F***ing Muslims....

Posted by: Mark Z. 2005-01-21 3:25:25 PM

#8 They traced his bank card usage to Lebanon, and then he seems to have dropped off the face of the earth

Well, at least we know where the edge is now.

Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-01-21 3:18:35 PM

#7 yeah...we'll see.

If there was a book deal, it would mean that the publishers knew where he was weren't telling - which would cause problems for all. I'm guessing it's either just on hold right now, or it will just appear in theaters near you, one day soon.

Posted by: 2b 2005-01-21 2:32:49 PM

#6 While tuning up the world's tiniest violin, he noticed that the sympathy meter was pegged at "off scale--low."

Posted by: Mike 2005-01-21 1:49:26 PM

#5 I hear Jihad Unspun needs a Military Affairs correspondent.

Posted by: tu3031 2005-01-21 1:46:41 PM

#4 Weren't some of his belongings and maybe even his uniform found in a building in fallujah during the battle there?

Posted by: legolas 2005-01-21 1:46:41 PM

#3 If he ever returns or is re-captured, I truly hope he faces the death penalty. It's pretty clear he's working for the other side.

Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-01-21 1:38:45 PM

#2 Note to future deserters....get the damn contract signed and the check cashed before you run off to join the jihadis.

Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-01-21 1:34:37 PM

#1 This is too interesting. If nothing else, the Italians might make it into a lame Roberto Benigni comedy.

Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-01-21 1:23:29 PM

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