Guantanamo Bay hunger strike grows; over half of prisoners refusing to eat (Congress, middle east)
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Some of these detainees have been in jail for 11 years with no charges, when does it end?
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WASHINGTON (KABC) -- The U.S. military says just over half of the prisoners at Guantanamo Bay are on a hunger strike.
Guards are force-feeding at least 16 of the 84 prisoners who are refusing to eat. Officials said five of the men have been hospitalized, but they do not have life-threatening conditions.
The hunger strike began in February with a few prisoners who were protesting conditions and their indefinite confinement at the U.S. military base in Cuba.
The strike grew over the past week after a clash between guards and prisoners. There are 166 men being held at the prison.
Closing Guantanamo is the right thing to do, either charge them or let them free, closing that place would do wonders for how we are viewed in the middle east.
Obama wanted to bring them to Illinois. Congress ixnayed that. As for the prisoners, I cannot believe that those guys have been languishing in there for that many years w/out a trial. That's shameful.
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