A hunger strike has left at least one detainee in danger of dying. Pentagon officials are struggling to control the protest—and the possible global outcry over any death. WEB EXCLUSIVE Newsweek Updated: 7:06 p.m. ET Nov. 16, 2005 Nov. 16, 2005 - A Guantanamo detainee who has engaged in a three-month hunger strike to protest his treatment is so “severely malnourished” that he may be “in significant danger of dying,” according to an outside doctor who has reviewed the prisoner’s recent medical records. The prospect that a Guantanamo detainee may starve himself to death—and potentially provoke an international outcry—has raised...
