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âGitmo prisoners on hunger strikeâ
 KABUL: Two Afghans released on Wednesday from detention in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba claimed that about 180 other Afghans held at the US detention facility were on a hunger strike to protest alleged mistreatment and to push for their release.
"Yeah! You better let us go or we'll starve to death!"
"More ribs, Kevin?"
"No, thanks, Mark! Couldn't eat another bite!" |
A US military spokesman at Guantanamo did not immediately respond to an e-mail request for comment.
"Kevin, I have an e-mail here that sez all the Afghans are on a hunger strike!"
"That's nothin', Mark! I've won 18 Lottos today, and my mail's not even finished downloading!" |
The two - identified as Habur Russol and Mohebullah Borekzai - said they were taken from Guantanamo on Monday and flown back to Afghanistan before being released.
"Here y'are back in Afghanistan! Now, beat it!"
"See you later, infidels!" |
By Thursday, the prisoners would be on their 15th or 16th day of their fast, they said. âRight now, 180 Afghan prisoners are not eating or drinking,â Russol told reporters in Afghanistan after being released. âSome of the prisoners are sick and there is no medical treatment for them.â
| "I'm going golfing. Eat two ribs and call me in the morning!" |
 Borekzai later explained why the prisoners were protesting. âSome of these people say they were mistreated during interrogation. Some say they are innocent,â he said. âThey are protesting that they have been in jail nearly four years and they want to be released.â
| We don't even want to discuss how long the people they killed will be dead... |
Neil Koslowe, a Washington DC-based lawyer for 12 detainees from Kuwait, said several inmates had told him during a visit to Guantanamo from June 20 to 24 that there was a âwidespreadâ hunger strike over the amount and quality of water they received. Koslowe said he was told that the tap water in the camp was discoloured, foul smelling and caused gastrointestinal ailments among inmates.
| "Aaaargh! This stuff is awful! Why, the tap water back home in good old Jalalabad's much tastier! And it won't give you the trotz!" |
Posted by: Fred 2005-07-21 |
