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December 09, 2004

Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun Charged With Desertion

A Marine who was reported abducted in Iraq and later turned up in his native Jordan was charged Thursday with desertion.
Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun (search) was charged following a five-month investigation into his June disappearance from a U.S. military camp near Fallujah, Iraq, according a statement from the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade (search).
Hassoun, of West Jordan, Utah (search), is accused of taking unauthorized leave from the unit where he served as an Arabic interpreter.
Hassoun also is charged with loss of government property and theft of a military firearm for allegedly leaving the Marine camp while still in possession of his 9 mm service pistol, as well as theft and wrongful appropriation of a government vehicle.
No date has been set for an Article 32 hearing, one of the first steps toward a possible court-martial in the military justice system, said Maj. Matt Morgan, the brigade spokesman.

I think I owe Spoons another apology.

Posted by: Rusty at 05:11 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 I certainly don't feel any apology is necessary. Although I guessed right in this case, it could have turned out the other way. More importantly, your mistake in this case stemmed entirely from your general belief that United States Marines are, as a general rule, among the finest people in the world. That's probably a pretty safe bet most of the time. To the extent that I may have gotten more hot-under-the-collar than was necessary about this last time around, I apologize as well. Ironicall, my response was also motivated by my admiration for the Marines, and my anger at the thought that they'd be betrayed by one of their own. Seems like we reached different conclusions, but pretty much for the same reasons.

Posted by: Spoons at December 09, 2004 06:01 PM (X4FCJ)

2 This ex marine figured the guy was crap from the start. Why it took 5 months to get the goods on the traitor is beyond me. However, when the only reason for recruiting someone is that he speaks the enemies language why should we expect more. Drop the charges and send this traitor back to his unit. They'll take care of him.

Posted by: greyrooster at December 09, 2004 07:10 PM (V+tDH)

3 As a former Jarhead I think he should be shot and I'm up for the job! Rod Stanton Cerritos

Posted by: Rod Stanton at December 10, 2004 06:07 AM (tHUgl)

4 GOOD.

Posted by: karl at December 10, 2004 09:17 AM (PM/BC)

5 LEBANON!!!!!!! NOT JORDAN.

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at December 12, 2004 10:04 AM (D39Vm)

6 I really didn't think it was going to come down to this after all this time. Actually, I'm quite surprised. Cindy

Posted by: firstbrokenangel at December 16, 2004 03:58 PM (D39Vm)

7 I don't think they recruited him because of the language he spoke. He probably joined the Cors on his own accord and was later transfered to the Human Exploitation Unit when he volunteered to be a linguist.

Posted by: fracture_mech at January 06, 2005 09:40 AM (bTLPN)

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