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Guantanamo prisoner speaks of despair, hunger strike
Google News/AFP ^ | May 3, 2013 | AFP

Posted on 05/03/2013 4:19:04 PM PDT by Innovative

Guantanamo Bay prisoner Obaydullah says he is "losing all hope" after joining a widening hunger strike in February to protest his indefinite detention at the US military jail.

In his declaration, signed on March 27 but made public Friday, the Afghan prisoner vowed that he and his fellow detainees "plan to remain on strike until we are treated with dignity" despite the difficulties and health consequences.

More than a month after Obaydullah's declaration was signed, 100 out of 166 inmates held at the prison on the remote US naval base in southeastern Cuba are on hunger strike, prison spokesman Samuel House said.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gitmo; guantanamo; hungerstrike; terrorists
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Its Cuba, it never freezes in Cuba.


21 posted on 05/03/2013 5:24:00 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Innovative

Yes. Re “losing all hope”. Well terrorista, how about “losing your life” just to finish the process and it will put you out of your misery.

One less turd to feed and the 72 Virgins can rest in peace for a while.


22 posted on 05/03/2013 6:06:12 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Innovative

I always enjoy happy news. Force feed them water and pretzels for all I care.


23 posted on 05/03/2013 6:47:13 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (You don't have to be stupid to become a Progressive, but it does speed up the process.)
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To: Innovative
Cheer up! Look what's for breakfast:

Are you hungry yet?

24 posted on 05/03/2013 7:40:05 PM PDT by TChad (Call them Oppressives, not Progressives)
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To: Innovative
Obama is working overtime trying to figure out a way to blame this on the “seKestah.”
25 posted on 05/04/2013 6:41:43 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Benjamin Dover

But it would smell really bad.


26 posted on 05/06/2013 9:14:59 PM PDT by tdscpa
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