ARLINGTON, Va., June 30 (UPI) -- A U.S. Marine twice declared a deserter has turned himself in to military authorities after nearly a decade in hiding.
Marine Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun disappeared in June 2004 from a military camp in Iraq. A week later, video surfaced of Hassoun being held hostage by a group calling themselves "Islamic Response," who threatened to behead him if the U.S. did not release detainees in Iraq.