Saddam, aides on hunger strike

News.com ^ | December 13, 2004 | N/A

[swilhelm73]

OUSTED Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and 11 top leaders of his regime awaiting trial for crimes against humanity have gone on hunger strike in their US detention centre, one of their lawyers said today.

"We have reliable information that Saddam Hussein and 11 other prisoners began a hunger strike on Friday to protest ill treatment," the Iraqi lawyer of former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz said.

Saddam was captured a year ago near his home town of Tikrit, north of the Iraqi capital.

[i_dont_chat]

I am so saddened to hear this - NOT.

[TMSuchman]

Great let them starve, better yet let them eat oil!

[Blue Screen of Death]

A more effective tactic, if he wants the attention of the U.S. main stream media, would be to wear panties over his head while eating pork chops.

[upchuck]

Personally, I hope they all starve to death very quickly.

That will relieve us of having to suffer through a trial, appeals, libs fuming, etc., et al.

[crazyhorse691]

His evil captors must be reading Dr. Seuss to him. With Marie Osmond songs playing in the background.

[mtbopfuyn]

Good! Saves my tax dollar.

[76834]

Even better, when/if they decide to eat let them eat Spam, one small can, no bread just Spam:

[Prime Choice]

Saddam, aides on hunger strike

Good. Now, instead of being wastes of food & oxygen, they're just wastes of oxygen.

Here's to burying their emaciated corpses!

[AmericaUnited]

Looking at the gut on some of perps, no one should worry for quite a while...

[TMSuchman]

No, let's hope they go very slowly. Starvation is very painful!

[AmericaUnited]

some of perps = some of these perps

[Centurion2000]

Someone fire up the pork BBQ grill and makes the guards free lunches. Put the grills in front of the cells.

And throw pig grease in their cells each day .... they die, no allah for them.

[SF Republican]

Here's to burying their emaciated corpses! Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today!

[VisualizeSmallerGovernment]

As I understand it, the "hunger strike" still allows "snacks" and fruit juice.

I'm thinking maybe of going on the Atkins Hunger Strike or the South Beach Hunger Strike after the holidays are over.

[Prime Choice]

Here's to burying their emaciated corpses!

Never put off for tomorrow what you can do today!

You're right. Let's speed up the process. Put 'em on treadmills. Mush! *whipcrack*

[bayourod]

I couldn't care less if they don't eat because I once stayed on a zero calorie diet for 14 days.

At the end I had no desire for food and only broke my fast because I was concerned that it might not be healthy to continue longer.

Other than a little dizziness and weakness occasionally, I felt great.

[stevefromcalifornia]

I say no food, no water and no virgins.

[bayourod]

I don't know about no virgins. I didn't think of trying that.

[ChewedGum]

So we can't torture them, but they are allowed to torture themselves. I wonder if the interregators somehow used the Brer Rabbit method to convince these guys that we actually wanted them to eat.

Gum