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| Trial begins for Marine who deserted the military twice |
| 2015-02-10 |
| The US military on Monday began the court-martial of a Lebanese-born Marine who is accused of deserting the military in Iraq in 2004 before turning up in Lebanon claiming to have been kidnapped and then deserting again the following year. Corporal Wassef Hassoun, 35, is being tried at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on charges of desertion, destruction of government property and larceny, according to the Marine Corps. The former Arabic language interpreter was listed as a deserter for nearly a decade before being taken into custody last year. The Marine Corps said Hassoun first deserted the military in June 2004, when he vanished from his base in Iraq. He reappeared a month later in Lebanon and claimed that he had been kidnapped by militants, the military said. Military investigators accused him of taking unauthorized leave from his unit. But before the start of military legal proceedings against him, Hassoun failed to report for duty at Camp Lejeune in January 2005, fled the United States and again went to Lebanon, the Marines said. Hassoun's trial is scheduled to last about two weeks. He could face up to 29 years in prison if found guilty on all counts, said Captain Stewart Coles, a base spokesman. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #12 He'll be pardoned before obama leaves office. |
| Posted by: chris 2015-02-10 21:13 |
| #11 so when will bambi release 10 gitmo terrorists? isn't 5:1 the exchange rate? |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2015-02-10 18:42 |
| #10 Had to go train the militants before he forgot what the Marines taught him. Then go back for more training so he could teach the militants the advanced course. Probably knew in the PC addled political structure of America he'd get away with it too. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-02-10 14:25 |
| #9 He sounds like act two of the Vanishing Man |
| Posted by: Thraper Snosing3361 2015-02-10 13:52 |
| #8 By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires: But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England: God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour As one man more, methinks, would share from me For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more! Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made And crowns for convoy put into his purse: We would not die in that man's company That fears his fellowship to die with us. Henry V, Scene 4, Act 3 |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-02-10 13:42 |
| #7 Then charge the parents for the ammunition. |
| Posted by: Titus Snore6365 2015-02-10 12:52 |
| #6 Shoot him. Twice. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2015-02-10 12:44 |
| #5 Perhaps he could be traded to the Taliban or ISIS for some hostages, or surplus MRAPS ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-02-10 11:39 |
| #4 It's just a cultural misunderstanding. |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-02-10 11:27 |
| #3 In the good old days, they used to shoot deserters. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-02-10 11:12 |
| #2 Prison, then loss of citizenship and boot back to Leb |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-02-10 09:31 |
| #1 What? Obama didn't host his parents at the White House? I thought that was SOP for deserters. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-02-10 09:16 |