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US marine 'set free' in Iraq

The Courier-Mail | July 6 2004

A US marine held hostage in Iraq has been released, according to a statement said to be from an Islamic militant group.

The statement attributed to the Islamic Retaliation Movement, which had threatened to behead Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun, said the Lebanese-born marine was "returned to his safe base".

Arab television channel Al-Jazeera received the message this morning.

The US marines said they had no news of Hassoun's release and were still listing him as captured.

"We're not going to comment on what al-Jazeera is saying," said Lieutenant Corporal T.V. Johnson.

"When we have more information on his status, which is proven, we'll release it."

There was some confusion over the statement this morning, with one media outlet interpreting it differently.

The Associated Press reported the group said it was holding Cpl Hassoun, but that he was safe at a location it did not identify.

Yesterday, the Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Sunna group denied a statement issued in its name and posted on the Internet a day earlier saying it had executed Cpl Hassoun.

The US marines confirmed last week that the soldier went missing on June 21.

Al-Jazeera had broadcast a tape from the Islamic Retaliation Movement showing him blindfolded with a sword over his head.

The group threatened to decapitate him unless all prisoners were released in Iraq.