Marine reported missing in good health at US Embassy

A US Marine reported missing in Iraq more than two weeks ago is alive and at the US Embassy in Beirut, where American officials are meeting with him.

Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun is safe and appears to be in good health, said a Pentagon official, speaking on condition of anonymity. In making the announcement about Hassoun, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said in Washington: "we were able to go get him."

When reached at his West Jordan, Utah, home yesterday morning, Hassoun's brother, Mohamad, said he had no comment.