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Missing U.S. Marine Cpl. Wassef Hassoun calls to tell family he's safe and in Lebanon
drudgereport.com ^ | 7-7-04

Posted on 07/07/2004 11:08:41 AM PDT by treeclimber

as above...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hassoun; hostages; iraq; lebanon; marine
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1 posted on 07/07/2004 11:08:41 AM PDT by treeclimber
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To: treeclimber

Good. Now he needs to answer for the military as to why he is in Lebanon.


2 posted on 07/07/2004 11:10:16 AM PDT by Bikers4Bush (Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
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To: treeclimber

Wasn't this the guy that the military originally said was AWOL? Now he shows up in Lebanon... Don't tell me his captors dropped him off there.


3 posted on 07/07/2004 11:10:25 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

Hmmmmmmmmmm.


4 posted on 07/07/2004 11:12:21 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55 (http://www.osurepublicans.com)
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To: Bikers4Bush
Now he needs to answer for the military as to why he is in Lebanon.

Al Qaeda hopes he is forming the beginning of a 'new' marine corps unit.

/sarcasm

5 posted on 07/07/2004 11:12:29 AM PDT by maestro
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To: treeclimber

I'm starting to think this guy wasn't AWOL. I can't see going through all of this and now asking for someone to come and get him.


6 posted on 07/07/2004 11:12:33 AM PDT by cripplecreek (you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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To: treeclimber

Suspicious...

Comes to the US 4 years ago, joins Marines, goes awol, shows up with terrorists, promises not to rejoin Marines then gets released to Lebanon...

Pardon me as I tap my chin in utter skepticism of his convictions for our military.


7 posted on 07/07/2004 11:15:30 AM PDT by smith288 (Flush the Johns! Bush-Cheney '04)
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To: treeclimber
Deserter.

Get him back and give him a Courts Martial.

8 posted on 07/07/2004 11:16:01 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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To: Bikers4Bush
Now he needs to answer for the military as to why he is in Lebanon.

And how he got transit through Syria.

9 posted on 07/07/2004 11:16:12 AM PDT by Shermy
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To: treeclimber

Marine.... Safe... in Lebanon...

DOES NOT COMPUTE


10 posted on 07/07/2004 11:16:53 AM PDT by adam_az (Call your State Republican Party office and VOLUNTEER!!!!)
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To: cripplecreek

My question is..... Giving him the benefit of the doubt and assuming he is a good guy that simply got captured. Now that it has been said that he has written an agreement to leave the US military, what exactly are the legalities of that? Can he actually do that legally?


11 posted on 07/07/2004 11:17:17 AM PDT by Jivana108 (Dont mistake kindness for weakness...)
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To: cripplecreek
I can't see going through all of this and now asking for someone to come and get him.

Don't be so sure he wants to come back...

12 posted on 07/07/2004 11:18:02 AM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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To: smith288
Pardon me as I tap my chin in utter skepticism of his convictions for our military.

To be fair, I love my country and military, but i'd say anything to a bunch of murderous kidnappers to avoid getting my throat cut.

13 posted on 07/07/2004 11:18:10 AM PDT by Smedley
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Personally I don't think any arabs should be in our military. They cannot be trusted and our Americans have enough to deal with without having to watch their backs for their 'fellow soldiers'


14 posted on 07/07/2004 11:18:29 AM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: Lazamataz
Get him back and give him a Courts Martial.

Can we Laz...I mean it is a Syrian controlled country.

15 posted on 07/07/2004 11:19:31 AM PDT by Dog (In Memory of Pat Tillman ---- ---- ---- American Hero.)
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To: Dog
Sure the story is strange.

But considering they had him blindfolded with a sword over his head, he's lucky to be alive, whatever the reason is.

16 posted on 07/07/2004 11:19:52 AM PDT by TravisBickle (Are you talking to me?)
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To: Jivana108

Nope, he sure can't unless his enlistment is up. On the other hand, if he wrote it under duress and comes back and can explain everything he is ok.

Something doesn't smell right, however. How did he get to Lebanon?


17 posted on 07/07/2004 11:19:57 AM PDT by Casloy
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To: cripplecreek
I'm starting to think this guy wasn't AWOL. I can't see going through all of this and now asking for someone to come and get him.

Maybe he wasn't AWOL, but rather volunteered to be captured so that he could GPS the bad guys. Far fetched, I know, but certainly possible.

18 posted on 07/07/2004 11:20:08 AM PDT by Labyrinthos
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To: Jivana108

I believe the rules for captured Americans changed around the time of the first gulf war. I believe he can do whatever it takes short of actively taking part in attacks against Americans.


19 posted on 07/07/2004 11:20:15 AM PDT by cripplecreek (you tell em i'm commin.... and hells commin with me.)
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To: cripplecreek

Where does it say he was asking for someone to come get him? Seems he's just calling and saying"Hey, I'm ok, I'm alive. Don't worry."

But, I could be reading it wrong...


20 posted on 07/07/2004 11:20:27 AM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (Become a Monthly Donor, and the Harp Seal gets it.)
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