Court Martial Begins For Marine Accused Of Deserting Iraq War

Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun disappeared from his post in Iraq in 2004, and then again when faced with the possibility of charges back in the U.S.

Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun in July 2004.

AP Photo/Steve Helber

Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun maintains he was kidnapped by militants from his base in Fallujah in June 2004, but prosecutors allege he abandoned his post out of protest against the U.S. military's treatment of Iraqis.

Days later, he was pictured blindfolded next to a knife-wielding man who claimed to be with the group "National Islamic Resistance/1920 Revolution Brigade."

AP Photo/ Al-Jazeera via APTN

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