Kidnap mystery marine 'warm, loyal, polite'

Marine Wassef Hassoun, who has turned up safe after an apparent kidnapping in Iraq, is a US soldier with a deep affection for his native land Lebanon.

Friends and relatives testify to his warmth, loyalty and politeness – though his immediate family has said little. The silence has left more questions than answers about the 24-year-old translator who at one point was reported killed by captors.