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One in five Guantanamo Bay detainees is on hunger strike
timesonline.co.uk - 1/14/2009
One in five Guantanamo Bay detainees is on hunger strike
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Nearly a fifth of the detainees held at Guant namo Bay have gone on hunger strike with the aim of attracting the attention of Barack Obama, military officials have told The Times. Most of them are being force-fed. Of the 248 inmates inside the detention facility, 44 are refusing food but 33 ...
washingtonpost.com - 1/14/2009
Guantanamo Bay News & Articles on washingtonpost.com
— washingtonpost.com — Guantanamo Bay Articles Pentagon: More Former Guantanamo Detainees Returning to Battlefield (Voice of America) 1/14/2009 5:58:00 AM... 9/11 suspect 'was tortured', Pentagon official admits (London Times) 1/14/2009 3:27:29 AM Pentagon: Freed terror ... (more) Guantanamo Bay News & Articles on washingtonpost.com
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bostonherald.com - 1/14/2009
Pentagon: Guantanamo detainees back to battlefield
— bostonherald.com — W ASHINGTON Terror suspects who have been held but released from Guantanamo Bay are increasingly returning to... the fight against the United States and its allies, the Pentagon said today. Sixty-one detainees who have been released from the U.S. Navy ... (more) Pentagon: Guantanamo detainees back to battlefield

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abcnews.go.com - 1/17/2009
Guantanamo Hunger Strike Grows to 42 Prisoners
— abcnews.go.com — The long-running Guantanamo Bay hunger strike has grown to 42 prisoners, the U.S. military said Monday, but... a human rights group claimed the total was higher. Gitanjali Gutierrez, a lawyer for the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, told ... (more) Guantanamo Hunger Strike Grows to 42 Prisoners

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  Force-Feeding At Gitmo

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Force-Feeding At Gitmo
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — 33 prisoners are now involuntarily attached to feeding tubes. None of them is likely to be prosecuted successfully. But Cheney has no regrets at all. ...

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Theo Spark — ... How many will survive 'til the summer? Labour's passport giveaway: 275,000 migrants a year could get UK citizenship. WTF! History will show that George W Bush was right. Too right. Top Secret MoD computers £200m over budget and 18 months late. The MoD never get anything on time and budget due to their monumental stupidity. One in five Guantanamo Bay detainees is on hunger strike. Let the bastards starve. ...

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