Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, who the army says deserted back in 2004, is back on US soil after turning himself in at an undisclosed location and being flown to Norfolk. Hassoun's bizarre case is likely to bring him to a court martial, given the circumstances of his strange disappearance. Washington Post: Hassoun disappeared from his unit in Iraq’s western desert in June 2004. The following month he turned up unharmed in Beirut, Lebanon, and blamed his disappearance on Islamic extremist kidnappers. He was returned to Lejeune and was about to face the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing when he disappeared again. [...] It is unclear where Hassoun, 34, has spent the past nine years after disappearing during a visit with relatives in West Jordan, Utah, in December 2004. Nor is it known why he chose to turn himself in now. He was born in Lebanon and is a naturalized American citizen. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in January 2002 and was trained...(Read Full Post)