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To: LindyBill who wrote (93956)	1/5/2005 9:50:05 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793719

Marine Cpl. Hassoun Declared Deserter LGF Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, who was first thought to have been kidnapped in Iraq but who apparently deserted his unit and went to Lebanon, has (surprise!) deserted and gone to Lebanon again: U.S. Marine in Mysterious Case Declared Deserter. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, charged with desertion in a mysterious case in which he left his unit in Iraq and turned up in Lebanon, has again gone absent and appears to have returned to Lebanon, officials said on Wednesday. The U.S. military has tracked records from bank machines indicating that Hassoun made his way to Canada and then back to Lebanon, the country of his birth, said a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Marine Corps formally declared him a deserter on Wednesday. Maj. Matt Morgan, a Marine Corps spokesman at Camp Lejeune, said Hassoun did not return to the base and report for duty as required on Tuesday from an authorized leave over the New Year’s holiday to visit his family in Utah. Maybe I’m missing something. Isn’t desertion considered a very serious offense? Doesn’t the very nature of the crime with which he’s charged establish that he’s a flight risk? But he was allowed unsupervised leave over the New Year’s holiday? That seems less than smart.