Posted on 04/15/2013 1:19:37 PM PDT by jimbo123
ONE man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago.
I’ve been on a hunger strike since Feb. 10 and have lost well over 30 pounds. I will not eat until they restore my dignity.
I’ve been detained at Guantánamo for 11 years and three months. I have never been charged with any crime. I have never received a trial.
I could have been home years ago — no one seriously thinks I am a threat — but still I am here. Years ago the military said I was a “guard” for Osama bin Laden, but this was nonsense, like something out of the American movies I used to watch.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
They don’t know anything yet, I just hope it isn’t some schmuck protesting gun control because that is the LAST thing we need.
If he was hoping to appeal to liberal consciences, he chose the wrong day to do it.
“.. I will not eat until they restore my dignity.”
He lost all dignity and honor when he became an Islamist.
Patriots’ Day
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This article is about the American civic holiday. For the Quebec holiday, see National Patriots’ Day. For the anniversary of September 11, 2001, see Patriot Day.
Patriots’ Day
Patriots’ Day
Statue of the Lexington Minuteman on the Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Observed by Massachusetts, Maine, Wisconsin
Type Historical
Date Third Monday in April
2012 date April 16
2013 date April 15
2014 date April 21
Celebrations Boston Marathon
Observances Battles of Lexington and Concord
Patriots’ Grave in the Old Burying Ground, Arlington, Massachusetts.
Acton Monument, gravesite of Abner Hosmer and Isaac Davis, who fell at Old North Bridge on April 19, 1775.
Patriots’ Day (officially Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts[1] and Patriot’s Day in Maine[2]) is a civic holiday commemorating the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. It is observed on the third Monday in April in Massachusetts[3] and Maine[4] (once part of Massachusetts), and is a public school observance day in Wisconsin.[5] Observances and re-enactments of these first battles of the American Revolution occur annually at Lexington Green in Lexington, Massachusetts, (around 6:00 am) and The Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts, (around 9:00 am). In the morning, mounted re-enactors (National Lancers - Massachusetts) with state police escorts retrace the rides of Paul Revere and William Dawes, calling out warnings the whole way.
Since 1969, the holiday has been observed on the third Monday in April, providing a three-day long weekend, as well as being the first day of public school vacation week in Maine and Massachusetts. Previously, it had been designated as April 19 in observance of the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. It is also a school holiday for many local colleges and universities, both public and private.
Yeh, wah wah to the Gitmo Babies. Too bad they are so skinny. Sounds like a personal choice, imho.
the less they eat, the lower our taxes can be!
yippee!
Foorce feed him ham sandwiches until he has his weight back.
Reichstag Fire?
You shouldn’t have hung around islamists, al Hasan.
“I am Hasan ben Sobar.”
“I’ve had one too many, myself.”
Don’t want to eat? Knock yourself out.
20 year old muslim from Saudi Arabia.
Let them starve themselves to death. Good riddance!
I never saw the big deal about hunger strikes. If they wanna do that to themselves it’s no skin off my back. I’m not responsible. Unless you have a guilty conscience, it shouldn’t change your policies.
Part of the point is bad PR, I know. But that shouldn’t change your policies, either, if you believe in them. Those prone to be moved by hunger strikes are likely to oppose your policies, anyway. Those whom it makes feel bad out of general human concern are neither here nor there. Where are they on the people being outright killed for no discernable reason? Surely that’s more of a concern than people choosing a particularly painful form of suicide.
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