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To: LindyBill who wrote (196677)	2/16/2007 2:12:13 PM
From: mistermj	Respond to of 794338

Witness: Shooter was enjoying himself The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake Tribune Article Last Updated:02/16/2007 08:53:31 AM MST sltrib.com Murderous intent was on Sulejman Talovic's face as he made his way through Trolley Square Mall Monday night, say witnesses who watched him. DeEtta Barta and friend Ron Mason, who are both registered nurses, were seated at a west-side window table in the Desert Edge Brewery, located on the mall's second floor. They heard what first sounded like a car backfiring. But the sound repeated. Barta said she looked down and saw Talovic, who appeared to have emerged from the parking terrace. He stood facing the mall's west entrance, giving the two a direct view of him. Talovic held a shotgun, pointed skyward, and pumped it several times. The look on his face ''was a spirit of murder. It was like a spirit was on him,'' said Barta, who considers Talovic a victim of ''spiritual darkness.'' "He wasn't yelling but he was determined to kill and I could see it all over his face," she said. The teen then leveled the shotgun, fired and pumped it again, Mason said, before he trotted into the mall and disappeared from view. He described Talovic as appearing "almost like a robot." Barrett "Bear" Dodds was in a clothing store kitty-corner from his own shop, the Brass Key Antique store, on the mall's south end. He heard gun blasts and stepped out of the shop to look over a second-floor railing. Below, he saw Talovic outside Cabin Fever firing into the store. "Every shot I saw him take was up to his shoulder and taking aim," Dodds said. "He looked proud, arrogant." Dodds said Talovic appeared to deliberately shoot victims once, and then again. Wally Dodds, Bear's grandfather, works in the antique store and also got a look at Talovic. "He was strolling with an arrogant look on his face like he was king of the hill," he said. "He was enjoying himself. He really was."

To: LindyBill who wrote (196677)	2/16/2007 4:15:55 PM
From: mistermj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794338

Remember this guy? U.S. Military Confirms Marine Reported Kidnapped Is Missing Marine Identified As Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun... Hassoun attended an American school in Lebanon. He speaks fluent French. Hassoun is originally from Al-Safira but lived in Tripoli until he emigrated in the early 1990s to the United States, where he gained citizenship. Wassef moved to the Salt Lake City area and joined the Marines after moving there. He attends the Al-Noor Mosque in Salt Lake City when he is home. pownetwork.org A military probe concluded Hassoun had abandoned his post. He was charged with desertion in December, and once again in January 2005 after he failed to report back to base. He has since been declared a fugitive. =================== US marine declared deserter again BBC A US marine charged with desertion from his unit in Iraq has again been declared a deserter after he failed to return from leave to his US base. The decision was taken after Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun, who was born in Lebanon, failed to show up at his North Carolina base, a spokesman there said. After disappearing in Iraq last year, Cpr Hassoun mysteriously reappeared in Lebanon, saying he had been abducted. There were indications that he went to Lebanon again, the spokesman said. Warrant issued There was huge public and media interest when Cpl Hassoun disappeared from his unit in Iraq in June. There was the dramatic video footage of him blindfolded and apparently kidnapped, the BBC's Pentagon correspondent Nick Childs says. Cpl Hassoun reappeared in Lebanon 19 days after he went missing - and when he was returned to the United States, he maintained that he had been abducted. But after an investigation, he faced prospect of a court martial after the US Marines charged him with desertion, our correspondent says. In the new twist, Cpl Hassoun failed to report for duty on Tuesday following an authorised holiday, said Maj Matt Morgan, a marine spokesman at Camp Jejeune-based 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. "The Marine Corps did contact his family when he initially failed to show up yesterday [Tuesday]. They were not able to provide any information that was helpful," the spokesman said. He added that Cpl Hassoun was still missing on Wednesday afternoon, and "his command officially declared him a deserter and issued authorisation for civil authorities to apprehend Hassoun and return him to military control". Story from BBC NEWS: news.bbc.co.uk Published: 2005/01/06 01:48:03 GMT