A U.S. Marine who vanished from his unit in Iraq and later wound up in Lebanon for eight years will face trial on desertion and other charges, the military said Friday. Maj. Gen. William D. Beydler has referred 34-year-old Cpl. Wassef Hassoun for a general court-martial on charges of desertion, larceny and destruction of government property, according to a news release from the Marines. No date has been set for Hassoun's trial at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where he is being held. Marine Corps Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun was charged a month ago with desertion in a mysterious case in which he left his unit in Iraq only to turn up in Lebanon
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Cpl. Wassef Hassoun faces a general court-martial on charges of desertion, larceny and destruction of government property
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The case began in June 2004, when Hassoun disappeared from a base in Fallujah, Iraq
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One week after his dissapearance he appeared in a photo purportedly taken by insurgents
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