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2004-06-30 Iraq-Jordan

Details About Disappearance of Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun

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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-06-30 7:13:24 AM|| || Front Page|| [11126 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 From the New York Crimes? I would take this information with a pound of salt....

Posted by Anonymous4617 2004-06-30 7:21:57 AM|| 2004-06-30 7:21:57 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 About the only thing that rings true without any spin is that:
1) He thought he had made some friends
2) He snuck off-base with them
3) They sold him to some jihadis

The "we're all Muslims first" meme does have the mercenary limitation, at least with Arabs.

Posted by .com 2004-06-30 7:34:26 AM|| 2004-06-30 7:34:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 if he deserted then he is getting what he deserves

Posted by Dcreeper 2004-06-30 7:44:52 AM|| 2004-06-30 7:44:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Anon4617 -- anonymously sourced New York Times story. In other words, about as believable as a Grimm Fairy Tale.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-06-30 8:10:25 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com] 2004-06-30 8:10:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Alternate explanation: they tried to blackmail him into defecting by threatening family still in the ME, and then grabbed him when they could.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2004-06-30 9:04:36 AM|| [http://newsfromthefridge.typepad.com] 2004-06-30 9:04:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm willing to give the guy the benefit of the doubt so far until rock-solid details are provided. After all, he is a Marine, and that achievement isn't something to dismiss lightly.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-06-30 1:42:39 PM|| 2004-06-30 1:42:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The NYT has gone downhill since Jason Blair left. At least he could write interesting lies. This is just another propaganda piece from the remains of what used to be America's Paper of Record. The NYT is on a par with al Jazeera as just another anti-American voice in the media chorus united by anti-Americanism and a fervent desire to elect John Kerry. Mike, I thought you knew better than to read this fishwrap.

Posted by RWV 2004-06-30 6:41:09 PM|| 2004-06-30 6:41:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The NYT has gone downhill since Jason Blair left
Now damn that's pretty cold.
I sure wished I'd said it.

Posted by Shipman 2004-06-30 8:31:03 PM|| 2004-06-30 8:31:03 PM|| Front Page Top

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