'Kidnapped' marine flies home

A US marine who disappeared in Iraq and turned up in Lebanon nearly three weeks later left Germany today after six days of debriefing and evaluation in a military hospital, a Ramstein Air Base spokeswoman said.

Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun took off from Ramstein on board an Air Force C-5 Galaxy heavy transport jet for Dover, Delaware, a day after he was originally scheduled to depart, said base spokeswoman Petra Day.