Wassef Ali Hassoun

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Marine Who
Vanished in
Iraq Convicted
of Desertion

Feb 23, 2015 11:42 AM CST

Marine Who Vanished in Iraq Convicted of Desertion

Sentencing expected later this week for Wassef Hassoun

(Newser) - A US Marine who vanished a decade ago in Iraq has been found guilty of desertion charges related to his disappearances there and in Lebanon. The judge, Marine Maj. Nicholas Martz, gave his verdict today in the bench trial of Cpl. Wassef Hassoun . Martz found that Hassoun was guilty of...

Marine Who Vanished in
Iraq in 2004 Goes on Trial

Feb 9, 2015 9:34 AM CST

Marine Who Vanished in Iraq in 2004 Goes on Trial

Wassef Ali Hassoun claimed he was taken hostage

(Newser) - The trial is set to begin today at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina for a Marine who vanished in Iraq a decade ago and then wound up in Lebanon. Defense attorneys maintain Cpl. Wassef Hassoun was kidnapped in 2004 by insurgents and later became tangled up in Lebanese courts. But...

Marine Accused
of Faking Iraq
Kidnap Resurfaces

Jun 30, 2014 4:49 AM CDT

Marine Accused of Faking Iraq Kidnap Resurfaces

Wassef Ali Hassoun was charged with desertion twice

(Newser) - A Marine who disappeared from a base in Fallujah a decade ago, turned up in Lebanon weeks later, and then vanished again while facing desertion charges has resurfaced—and the military presumably has a lot of questions to ask him. After Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun vanished from the base in...

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