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Some at Guantanamo Jail Too Sick (420 lbs!) to Keep Locked Up
NY Times ^ | Oct 10, 2013 | AP

Posted on 10/10/2013 6:52:36 AM PDT by Innovative

During his time in captivity, the weight of the 55-year-old Egyptian has nearly doubled, reaching more than 420 pounds at one point

"We are very afraid that he is at a high risk of death, that he could die at any moment," said Marine Lt. Col. Sean Gleason, a military lawyer appointed to represent him.

Details about the condition of El-Sawah, who has admitted being an al-Qaida explosives trainer but is no longer facing charges, are emerging in a series of recently filed court motions that provide a rare glimpse into the health of an unusual prisoner,

There's also a Pakistani prisoner, Saifullah Paracha, with a heart condition serious enough that the government brought a surgical team and a mobile cardiac lab to the U.S. base in Cuba to treat him, at a cost of $400,000. He ultimately refused the treatment because he didn't trust military medical personnel.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaeda; gitmo; guantanamo; terrorists
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To: Innovative

Allah Snackbar!


21 posted on 10/10/2013 7:04:46 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Innovative

Guess he didn’t participate in the hunger strikes.


22 posted on 10/10/2013 7:05:24 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Innovative

the government brought a surgical team and a mobile cardiac lab to the U.S. base in Cuba to treat him, at a cost of $400,000. He ultimately refused the treatment”

...tax paying Americans are about to be denied decent healthcare via O-care and these vermin are offered this?! Blows my mind.


23 posted on 10/10/2013 7:07:04 AM PDT by albie
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To: Innovative
They were transporting him on a semi-trailer.....

.....but he blowed up read good....

Truck driver and his assistant

24 posted on 10/10/2013 7:07:38 AM PDT by spokeshave (While Zero plays silly card games like Spades - Putin plays for keeps.)
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To: Innovative

Here ya go El-Swole, have another cream puff!


25 posted on 10/10/2013 7:07:48 AM PDT by Zuse
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To: Leep

He’s waiting for Chris Christie to come be his personal trainer.


26 posted on 10/10/2013 7:08:24 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Innovative

When you read articles like this that illustrate how our military is just as insane as the rest of our government and citizenry, you just figure it’s over.


27 posted on 10/10/2013 7:09:02 AM PDT by Right Brother
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To: fieldmarshaldj

They’re just doing it more slowly than normal...

Seriously, we’re feeding these guys way too well.


28 posted on 10/10/2013 7:09:27 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: albie

“...tax paying Americans are about to be denied decent healthcare via O-care and these vermin are offered this?! ‘

It’s all about priorities — an Al Qaeda terrorist is clearly more deserving of medical care than some random US citizen... (/sarc)


29 posted on 10/10/2013 7:09:29 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

Obviously the terrorists are planning an escape attempt. The hunger strike was a ruse to get one guy all the food. He is now the flotation device with which they plan to use to float to Florida on.

We need to take this seriously. These guys are smart.


30 posted on 10/10/2013 7:09:40 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (Waiting for next tagline.)
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To: Innovative

Shark food!!!!


31 posted on 10/10/2013 7:10:19 AM PDT by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: Innovative

Tie a rope around his waist and keep him in the ocean.


32 posted on 10/10/2013 7:13:18 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: MrB

Detainees Eat Well, Gain Weight on Camp Delta’s Muslim Menu

http://www.defense.gov/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=43686

“”We have to make sure that the food is halal approved,” said Schonhoff, overseer of the galleys at Guantanamo Bay that feed the detainees and U.S. service members. “Meats for the detainees have to be handled a certain way under Muslim requirements. When I order meat for military people, I just say I want 50 pounds of chicken, and it doesn’t matter how that chicken has been handled as long as it’s USDA approved. For the Muslims, I have to have a certificate from the company that says it’s halal approved. I’m required to keep the certificate on file in case I’m ever questioned.”

A typical breakfast consists of pita bread, rice, curried eggs and peas, milk and fresh fruit, or hash browns, pita bread, a boiled egg, milk and fresh fruit. A typical dinner consists of rice, pita bread, meat and vegetable curry, milk, fresh fruit and margarine. A variant is rice, baked fish, stew sauce, spinach, orange or orange juice, milk and bread and margarine. JTF 160 provides the lunch vegetarian MREs.

“We serve them two special meals per year,” Schonhoff noted. “For example, we served them lamb stew, rice, loaf bread, baklava and tea at the end of Ramadan in April. The Joint Task Force tells us when to serve the special meals.”


33 posted on 10/10/2013 7:15:15 AM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: Innovative

These terrorists don’t deserve any medical care. Our tax dollars stolen from our paychecks at work.


34 posted on 10/10/2013 7:15:28 AM PDT by opres
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To: fieldmarshaldj

ROTF!!!!!


35 posted on 10/10/2013 7:15:48 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: Innovative

It is time for Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign to take a trip to Cuba.


36 posted on 10/10/2013 7:19:13 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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To: Innovative

This must be the guy who is stealing all the other inmates’ pudding cups.


37 posted on 10/10/2013 7:19:36 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Innovative

FEED HIM LESS!!!

I know it’s a difficult concept, but it’s worth a try.


38 posted on 10/10/2013 7:22:40 AM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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To: Innovative

Best news I’ve had all morning! We should start a raffle to see who can predict when he will die (or explode).


39 posted on 10/10/2013 7:23:53 AM PDT by vette6387 (i)
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To: MrB

Yeah, usually you have to go to the zoo to see them feed the hippo.


40 posted on 10/10/2013 7:26:30 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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