84 Detainees On Hunger Strike In Guantanamo (MSM in a Tizzy)

AP/MSNBC ^ | 12/30/2005 | AP

[TCats]

Number of protesters has doubled in the past week, U.S. official says. SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The number of detainees on hunger strike at the U.S. military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay more than doubled in the last week to 84, an official said Thursday.

Forty-six detainees joined 38 already on strike on Dec. 25, said Guantanamo spokesman Lt. Col. Jeremy Martin, who added that the number of fasting detainees “routinely fluctuates.”

“On the anniversary of Sept. 11, the number of strikers spiked to 131,” Martin said. “They steadily decreased over the weeks and months until Dec. 25, and then they spiked again.”

[TCats]

"Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has said he believes some Guantanamo detainees have been conducting hunger strikes to capture press attention."

Uh...Yep. And the MSM gladly accomodates their 'Headline' grabbing antics. Looks like they've taken the Sheehan Correspondence Course in dealing with a sympathetic Media.

[BenLurkin]

I hope the GIs put a kitchen upwind from the cells and fry lots of bacon every morning.

[AD from SpringBay]

Let them starve themselves - the MSM should be supporting their 'choice' to do what they want with their bodies. But then again, I forget that pro-choice is only valid if it's about babies being killed in the womb.

[netmilsmom]

>>I hope the GIs put a kitchen upwind from the cells and fry lots of bacon every morning<<

Oh,oh, OH! Advocating torture! How dare you! ;-)

(I don't like bacon/can we use Sage Sausage?)

[garyhope]

That's not fair. Yummy bacon is the spawn of the infidel devil.

Gee, all of a sudden I'm hungry for bacon, bacon, spam, bacon and eggs.

[Polyxene]

But, but, but, these islamofascists should embrace starvation! Didn't Felos say it was a beautiful, peaceful way to die? (Terri Schiavo) Maybe they can get their virgins this way, too! (Not as messy as blowing oneself up, either!)

[brooklyn dave]

Could someon give me a clearer picture of what the internees at Guantanamo have available as far as access to outisde news? I know they have lawyers that are just itching to start all sorts of havoc....but what else?

[mfnorman]

i don't think i'm going to be able to sleep at night knowing this.

[possumdawg]

The Bobby Sands diet for Terrorists

[Doogle]

hungry strike my *rse...their all dieting after feasting on roast pork over the holidays, I mean praying 5 times a day, in between three squares,provided with free health care,clean sheets,clean clothes in a tropical resort, watched over by the ever present international red cross to make sure their host don't call them names (*snicker*)..is rather pleasant.

Doogle

[Colonel_Flagg]

Let's see ... that makes ...

< clicking calculator buttons>

6,048 virgins.

[BenLurkin]

Good question.

My guess -- American traitors in the 'news media' feed them as much information as possible in order to coordinate anti-American activities.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Let them eat Korans.

[Brofholdonow]

When they decide they've had enough and want to eat again, ONLY pork products should be on the menu!

[exit82]

These prisoners are certainly free to starve themselves. Don't expect me to care.

They can eat the Koran if they are hungry.

At least none of them have had their heads sawed off in front of a camera.

[possumdawg]

Too much fecal matter it would make them sick.

[CaptRon]

You don't wanne eat?

Fine.

[TCats]

Excellent point! One of a thousand examples of Lib hypocrisy and corruption.

[FreedomFarmer]

"The Gitmo Diet?
I just don't have the will power."

[Ouderkirk]

If it were up to me they would all have been on a hunger strike...by the kitchen staff refusing to feed these POS's. They should all be dead anyway.