RALEIGH, N.C. -- A Marine who was reported abducted in Iraq last summer and later turned up in his native Lebanon was charged yesterday with desertion.

Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun was charged after a 5-month probe into his June disappearance from a U.S. camp near Fallujah, Iraq, according a statement from the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade at Camp Lejeune.

Hassoun, of West Jordan, Utah, is accused of taking unauthorized leave from the unit where he served as an Arabic interpreter. He also is charged with loss of government property, theft of a military firearm and theft and wrongful appropriation of a vehicle.

Neither Hassoun nor his lawyer planned to make any public statement about the charges, brigade spokesman Maj. Matt Morgan said.

No date has been set for an Article 32 hearing, one of the first steps toward a possible court-martial in the military justice system, Morgan said.

Hassoun is neither in custody nor confined to Camp Lejeune; he is working in the brigade motor pool. Morgan said he will continue to go about his normal duties, although he is considered to be non-deployable.