The Guantánamo Hunger Strike

Fasting prisoners force-fed twice a day as 30-inch plastic tubes are forced into their esophaguses

By H. Candace Gorman

Guantánamo is in the grips of a hunger strike--an age-old form of protest that marked such world events as the fight for women's suffrage and Indian and Irish independence. The U.S. military's response to the hunger strike is not surprising: punitive force-feeding, a [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    “The U.S. military

    United States Posted by wolf on May 2, 2007 at 11:30 AM

    How do you have the insight to call these people “crazy’s”?  Have you personally established a documented psychological diagnosis on each of these individuals?  Please explain your logic, and your use of the term.

    United States Posted by foamguy on May 4, 2007 at 1:49 PM

    Force fed why?

    Is it to keep them alive for a set of yet-unannounced trials??

    Wait, there’d have to be charges first… Too much to expect, obviously.

    It’s as much as to say, “You’re ours, mfr’s! No charges, no trials, no escape.”

    No legal standards…
    No constitutional limitations…
    No idea what to do with their sad, sorry asses, except to keep them breathing. For some reason. Probably so “we” won’t be responsible for their suicides. Musn’t have that, wouldn’t be proper, don’t you know.

    That’s another fine mess you’ve gotten us into, Mr Bush

    Philippines Posted by Kuya on May 7, 2007 at 12:27 AM
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