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Saddam ends hunger strike after missing one meal
Reuters ^
| June 23, 2006
Posted on 06/23/2006 3:35:55 AM PDT by RWR8189
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein ended a brief hunger strike after missing just one meal in his U.S.-run prison, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday.
The former Iraqi leader had refused lunch on Thursday in protest at the killing of one of his lawyers by gunmen, but the spokesman said he ate his evening meal.
Former Saddam aides being held in the same prison had refused to eat three meals since Wednesday evening but ended their fast with the ex-president.
"They all took their dinner meal," the spokesman told Reuters.
Saddam is on trial for crimes against humanity for his role in the 1982 killing of 148 Shi'ites in Dujail. His lead counsel, Khalil al-Dulaimi, has blamed pro-government Shi'ite militias for the murder of his deputy Khamis al-Obaidi on Wednesday.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: prisonersaddam; yourenextcindy
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posted on
06/23/2006 3:35:57 AM PDT
by
RWR8189
To: RWR8189
We should put him on a hunger strike.
No backsies.
2
posted on
06/23/2006 3:40:30 AM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
ping for
To: RWR8189
Saddam's hunger strike sounds like my diet.
4
posted on
06/23/2006 3:40:39 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.")
To: RWR8189
I guess he really didn't like that lawyer very much.
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posted on
06/23/2006 3:42:05 AM PDT
by
ahayes
("If intelligent design evolved from creationism, then why are there still creationists?"--Quark2005)
To: RWR8189
*snicker*
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posted on
06/23/2006 3:47:52 AM PDT
by
DocRock
To: Berlin_Freeper
ROFLMAO!! Nothing like going cold turkey.
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posted on
06/23/2006 3:48:22 AM PDT
by
Past Your Eyes
(Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
To: Tax-chick
Your lawyer was killed too? Sorry to hear that.
8
posted on
06/23/2006 3:50:12 AM PDT
by
palmer
(Money problems do not come from a lack of money, but from living an excessive, unrealistic lifestyle)
To: RWR8189
I guess he was missing his Fruit Loops.
9
posted on
06/23/2006 3:51:36 AM PDT
by
dmw
To: RWR8189
I'm betting the "cindy shehan celebrity hunger strike '06" goes just about the same way.
All symbolism, no substance , no resolve
10
posted on
06/23/2006 3:52:01 AM PDT
by
Kakaze
(American: a Citizen of the United States of America........not just some resident of said continent)
To: RWR8189
Next he plans to cut down on desserts.
11
posted on
06/23/2006 3:52:15 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
(Marine Spec Ops Dad)
To: RWR8189
LMAO! Former dictators always suddenly become cowards when caught. This wussy could not miss more than one meal. What a loser....
To: Kakaze
Heh, I was just going to make the same point. Cindy hasn't missed many meals in her lifetime. Can't see her starting now.
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posted on
06/23/2006 3:53:20 AM PDT
by
The G Man
(The Red States ... the world's only hope for survival.)
To: RWR8189
Thanks for posting this! It made my entire day....spit diet coke across three monitors :-)
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posted on
06/23/2006 3:54:06 AM PDT
by
halfright
(--------------------------------------Bolton/Coulter 08'--------------------------------)
To: RWR8189
Can't live a day without those Doritos...
15
posted on
06/23/2006 3:55:12 AM PDT
by
golas1964
("He tasks me... He tasks me, and I shall have him!")
To: palmer
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posted on
06/23/2006 3:57:09 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.")
To: RWR8189
In GTMO you aren't a 'hunger striker' until you've missed refused 9 meals.
To: dmw
I guess he was missing his Fruit Loops.I didn't know his lawyer was named Fruit Loops! (What a reason to miss a meal).
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posted on
06/23/2006 4:03:20 AM PDT
by
Socratic
("I'll have the roast duck with the mango salsa.")
To: RWR8189
To: RWR8189
Saddam ends hunger strike after missing one meal
Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!
"All sound and fury, signifying nothing!!" (thanks to William Shakespeare for always having a good quote I can borrow).
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posted on
06/23/2006 4:08:59 AM PDT
by
DustyMoment
(FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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