Unclassified Document Shows How The Guantanamo Hunger Strike Has Grown Worse And Worse -- Business Insider
The hunger strike and Guantanamo Bay is getting serious.
A unsettling account of how it has grown is seen in the following document released by public affairs office at Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, Cuba the morning of May 1:
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE
As of Wednesday, May 1, 2013, we have a detainee population of 166, and we currently have 100 detainees tracked as hunger strikers, with 23 receiving enteral feeds (feeding tubes). Four detainees receiving enteral feeds are being observed in the detainee hospital. The detainees in the hospital do not currently have any life-threatening conditions.
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My Comment: Max Boot's recent commentary .... What Obama Should Have Said About the Gitmo Hunger Strikes .... is a very appealing response to the hunger strikers and their supporters.
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