Lying coward Arab marine deserted ... again!
mckenna
Wed Jan 5, 2005
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.
A Marine Corps statement said that "his command officially declared
him a deserter and issued authorization for civil authorities to
apprehend Hassoun and return him to military control."
"The Marine Corps did contact his family when he initially failed to
show up yesterday (Tuesday)," Morgan said. "They were not able to
provide any information that was helpful."
Hassoun disappeared last June from his unit in Iraq where he had
worked as an Arabic interpreter and later turned up in Lebanon,
stating he had been kidnapped by militants.
The Marines announced on Dec. 9 that he had been charged with
desertion, rejecting his account that he had been kidnapped. Hassoun
also was charged with loss of government property and theft of a 9mm
military pistol. Officials said additional criminal charges were now
possible.
Although desertion from the U.S. military in a time of war could be
punishable by death, the Marines said they had no intention of seeking
the death penalty.
SWORD POISED OVER HIS HEAD
Hassoun disappeared from his Marine base near Falluja and turned up
safe at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut on July 8. He was seen during his
absence in a videotape, seemingly being held by militants, blindfolded
with a sword poised over his head. An Islamic militant Internet site
said later he had been beheaded, but he later showed up unharmed at
the embassy in Beirut.
Hassoun told reporters on July 19 after he returned to the United
States that he was captured and held against his will for 19 days and
did not desert his post.
"Once a Marine always a Marine," he told reporters, and finished up by
saying, "Semper Fi," shorthand for Semper Fidelis, the Marine motto
meaning "always faithful."
Hassoun's name has now been placed on the FBI's National Crime
Information Center database, which would allow local and state police
to identify whether people they stop for routine infractions were
wanted fugitives, Morgan said.
Morgan said Hassoun's original passport was lost in Iraq. Hassoun had
been issued a temporary replacement, but was forced to surrender it,
Morgan said.
"To the best of our knowledge, he did not have a passport," Morgan
said.
Hassoun returned to the United States on July 15, and had been given
two previous authorized leaves to visit his family.
"Both times he went to Utah and both times he returned," Morgan said.
But the latest authorized leave was the first once he was granted
after being formally charged, Morgan said.
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Tom Dooley
"mckenna" <mcken...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Cory Bhreckan
>
> What do you expect from Muslim scum?
More than I expect from conservative scum like you.
Cdn
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Conservative scum never knows what to expect becuase they never put
themselves in harms way.
Roedy Green
opposite of a coward. It takes far more moral courage to stand up to
the US Army and say "You are wrong" than it does to butcher a 2 year
old.
"Never in human history have such genocide and cruelty been witnessed.
Such a genocide was never seen in the time of the pharaohs nor of Hitler
nor of Mussolini."
~ Mehmet Elkatmi, head of Turkish parliament's human rights commission
on Bush's atrocities in the Iraq war.
--
Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green.
See http://mindprod.com/iraq.html photos of Bush's war crimes
urillan
> The article does not give his motive. The deserter may be the very
> opposite of a coward. It takes far more moral courage to stand up to
> the US Army and say "You are wrong" than it does to butcher a 2 year
> old.
Wow, how pithily irrelevant.
His motive isn't given. Let's see, what motives would make his
disappearance noble or courageous? Well, NONE since he hasn't "stood
up" to anything actually. If he wants to make a statement, then hiding
quietly is actually about the least courageous manner by which you can
accomplish it.
If he were courageous, then he'd have come out and announced his
position. Instead, he lied, repeatedly (unless he was kidnapped again,
which would make him a modern-day Gomer Pyle of the Army -- or the
Forrest Gump of Lebanon).
Butchering two year olds, while it might be ok for "muslim warriors" is
rather strongly discouraged in the US armed forces (well, except for
the coast-guard -- kidding). Being willing to butcher toddlers, while
indicating a very gung-ho attitude, might be best left as a hobby you
don't mention to your recruiter. I don't believe there has been an
incident where an unarmed two year old was specifically and
intentionally targetted by the Department of Defense.
Submariner
"urillan" <uri...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Roedy Green wrote:
> > The article does not give his motive. The deserter may be the very
> > opposite of a coward. It takes far more moral courage to stand up to
> > the US Army and say "You are wrong" than it does to butcher a 2 year
> > old.
>
> Wow, how pithily irrelevant.
>
> His motive isn't given. Let's see, what motives would make his
> disappearance noble or courageous? Well, NONE
It's always fun to get a lecture on nobility and courage from someone
who endorses the butchery of 2 year olds.