"Beheaded" Marine returns to US

Post by **Roofus** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 4:08 pm

"QUANTICO, Va. - A U.S. Marine who disappeared in Iraq and turned up in Lebanon three weeks later arrived at a Marine Corps base south of Washington, D.C., on Thursday after six days of evaluation at a U.S. military hospital in Germany, a military official said.

Lt. Col. David Lapan, a Marine Corps spokesman, said Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun would continue to undergo a ?repatriation? process until it is determined he is fit and capable of returning to normal duty. He said the process could take from weeks to months.

Hassoun was not made available at Quantico for questions from reporters.

Hassoun left Ramstein Air Base in Germany on a morning flight aboard an Air Force C-5 Galaxy heavy transport plane and stopped first at Dover Air Force Base, Del., where he boarded an Air Force C-12 jet for the flight to Quantico.

A spokesman at Quantico, Marine Corps Capt. Jeff Landis, said Hassoun arrived at 3 p.m. ET, and was received by a military support team that arrived from Hassoun?s home base at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Quantico is home to the Marines? Officer Candidate School and is a focal point for the service?s leadership training as well as the development of new warfighting concepts and technologies."

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Mikey1109 · Post by **Mikey1109** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:50 pm

i wanna know the story behind this. sounds kinda fishy to me...

Captain Spaulding · Post by **Captain Spaulding** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:53 pm

Its just because he is Muslim i believe is why they let him go. You seen what happened with Nick Berg And Kim whatever his name was.

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 9:01 pm

Captain Spaulding wrote:Its just because he is Muslim i believe is why they let him go. You seen what happened with Nick Berg And Kim whatever his name was.

I doubt thats why, there has to be another reason and the goverment probably not saying it

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:25 pm

They said on the news that they let him go because he promised never to return to the armed forces, that may or may not have been true.

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:39 pm

Sephiroth wrote:They said on the news that they let him go because he promised never to return to the armed forces, that may or may not have been true.

I dont really think it is his choice is it? He has to or he must go to a different place I think.

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:00 pm

Warmachine wrote:
Sephiroth wrote:They said on the news that they let him go because he promised never to return to the armed forces, that may or may not have been true.
I dont really think it is his choice is it? He has to or he must go to a different place I think.

I think in his case they may let him leave, after all, he was captured and nearly had his head cut off for this nation, he desearves that much.

farrell2k · Post by **farrell2k** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:11 am

A spy.

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:26 am

farrell2k wrote:A spy.

Hmmmmmm...got any proof of that, I'd be interasted in learning he truth.

Mikey1109 · Post by **Mikey1109** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 1:44 am

farrell2k wrote:A spy.

i was thinkin the same thing...how else would he be released and allowed safe passage all the way to lebanon? why didnt he return to where he belonged or whatever. why wasnt he found when crossing the border? hmm...

Wagh · Post by **Wagh** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 10:34 am

Mikey1109 wrote:
farrell2k wrote:A spy.
i was thinkin the same thing...how else would he be released and allowed safe passage all the way to lebanon? why didnt he return to where he belonged or whatever. why wasnt he found when crossing the border? hmm...

if he is he's not a very good one. I hate to break it to you but the point of a spy is to make it so that no one call tell he is one. Sorry but no.

farrell2k · Post by **farrell2k** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:56 pm

Sephiroth wrote:
farrell2k wrote:A spy.
Hmmmmmm...got any proof of that, I'd be interasted in learning he truth.

Yeah, I have proof, but I am hiding it from the entire world....

Mikey1109 · Post by **Mikey1109** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 12:11 am

Random_Troll wrote:
Mikey1109 wrote:
farrell2k wrote:A spy.
i was thinkin the same thing...how else would he be released and allowed safe passage all the way to lebanon? why didnt he return to where he belonged or whatever. why wasnt he found when crossing the border? hmm...
if he is he's not a very good one. I hate to break it to you but the point of a spy is to make it so that no one call tell he is one. Sorry but no.

alright mister troll, come in and sound like an expert already

. of course he aint a spy, but isnt it weird that he did what he did? dont you wonder the answer to the question i posted?

farrell2k · Post by **farrell2k** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:12 am

I hate to break it to you, but you don't have to be seeded by someone to be a spy. There are good spies, and there are bad ones. You could just decide one day that you will give info and start collecting it, OR you can just decide to share what you know when asked... I am sure he gave his captors info about where he was staioned, troop numbers, etc. Oh, wait, this isn't how it works in the movies, so he couldn't possibly be a spy....

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:00 pm

Maybe his job was to look like a bad spy o_O

Sephiroth · Post by **Sephiroth** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:29 pm

Warmachine wrote:Maybe his job was to look like a bad spy o_O

That explains it!

Rev. Layle · Post by **Rev. Layle** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:48 pm

Random_Troll wrote:
Mikey1109 wrote:
farrell2k wrote:A spy.
i was thinkin the same thing...how else would he be released and allowed safe passage all the way to lebanon? why didnt he return to where he belonged or whatever. why wasnt he found when crossing the border? hmm...
if he is he's not a very good one. I hate to break it to you but the point of a spy is to make it so that no one call tell he is one. Sorry but no.

sometime the best way to "hide" is to "hide in plain sight"

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 1:06 am

Rev. Layle wrote:
Random_Troll wrote:
Mikey1109 wrote:
farrell2k wrote:A spy.
i was thinkin the same thing...how else would he be released and allowed safe passage all the way to lebanon? why didnt he return to where he belonged or whatever. why wasnt he found when crossing the border? hmm...
if he is he's not a very good one. I hate to break it to you but the point of a spy is to make it so that no one call tell he is one. Sorry but no.
sometime the best way to "hide" is to "hide in plain sight"

Yup just like in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II, TGRI guy says that too except with the press.

perry · Post by **perry** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 6:25 am

Troll got it. Ya's are reading too much into this. Just because it isn't how it works in the movies.. or it isn't exactly convienient, Spies are trained just a little bit. Maybe a little more. If they're still under as a spy.. a group of Dreamcast fans wouldn't be sitting around going 'Hey! Maybe he's a spy!'

Or someone fcuked up. Bad.

Master Higgins · Post by **Master Higgins** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:04 pm

he prolly just wanted to get the hell out of Iraq, maybe he met a girl or something and he thinks he's smarter than the american public and army intelligence