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FILE - In this July 19, 2004 file photo USMC Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun prepares himself as he waits to make a statement to a large crowd of media outside the gates to USMC Base Quantico, Va. Nearly 10 years ago Hassoun was declared a deserter after allegedly faking his own kidnapping in Iraq, then reappeared and was to face charges. But he disappeared again in 2005, has now turned himself in to U.S. authorities, and is being flown to the U.S. Sunday, June 29, 2014, from an undisclosed Mideast location. Once at Camp Lejeune, the commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force will determine whether to court-martial him. (AP Photo/Dylan Moore, File)

Marine who vanished in Iraq has court hearing

By JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 19, 2004 file photo USMC Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun prepares himself as he waits to make a statement to a large crowd of media outside the gates to USMC Base Quantico, Va. Nearly 10 years ago Hassoun was declared a deserter after allegedly faking his own kidnapping in Iraq, then reappeared and was to face charges. But he disappeared again in 2005, has now turned himself in to U.S. authorities, and is being flown to the U.S. Sunday, June 29, 2014, from an undisclosed Mideast location. Once at Camp Lejeune, the commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force will determine whether to court-martial him. (AP Photo/Dylan Moore, File)

Marine who disappeared in Iraq in 2004 back in U.S.

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press