Remember the Marine Who Turned Up in Lebanon?

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Oh now this is interesting.
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GIs Find Belongings of Once-Missing Marine

Wed Nov 17, 3:45 PM ET

 Middle East - AP

FALLUJAH, Iraq - U.S. troops have recovered belongings of a U.S. Marine
who was once feared beheaded by Iraqi insurgents after disappearing from
his unit, U.S. officials said.

The personal effects of Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun were found last week in
a box on the third floor of a three-story commercial building in
Fallujah, the officials said. The property included an identification
card, a uniform and a book.

Hassoun, of West Jordan, Utah, disappeared from his base near Fallujah
in June and later turned up at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. It
remains unclear how he traveled from Iraq (news - web sites) to Lebanon,
where he has relatives.

On June 27, Arab television showed a videotape of a blindfolded Hassoun,
a sword hanging over his head. At one point while he was missing, a
group claiming to represent his captors announced that he had been
beheaded after being lured from the base by a love affair.

Hassoun returned in July to the Marine base at Camp Lejeune, N.C. In
September, medical authorities at Camp Lejeune declared him fit for full
duty, allowing him to return to the brigade motor pool where he worked
before he deployed to Iraq in February.

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