Trial begins for U.S. Marine accused of twice deserting to Leba**n

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(Updates with defendant opting for a **n-jury trial) Feb 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine accused of deserting the military in Iraq in 2004 before turning up in Leba**n claiming to have been kidnapped and then deserting again the following year decided on Monday to have a military judge decide his fate instead of a jury. Corporal Wassef Hassoun, 35, is being tried at Camp Lejeune in **rth Carolina on charges of desertion, destruction of government property and larceny, according to the Marine Corps. He reappeared a month later in Leba**n and claimed that he had been kidnapped by militants, the military said. Before military legal proceedings could start against him, Hassoun failed to report for duty at Camp Lejeune in January 2005, fled the United States and again went to Leba**n, the Marines said.

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