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Nearly half of Guantánamo prisoners now on hunger strike
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/04/21/189253/nearly-half-of-guantanamo-prisoners.htmlNearly half of Guantánamo prisoners now on hunger strike
Carol Rosenberg | Miami Herald
Posted on Sunday, April 21, 2013
Nearly half the war-on-terror captives at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, were considered hunger strikers Saturday, and more than 10 percent of all detainees were being tube fed, according to the military.
Army Lt. Col. Samuel House released the hunger strike figure — 77 of the 166 captives considered hunger strikers, 17 being force-fed via tubes snaked up their nose and into their stomach — in an email Saturday morning from the remote base a day after reporters left the island.
The hunger strike figure rose by 14 prisoners overnight. The military reported the hunger-strike figure at 63 on Friday.
A total of five captives were hospitalized Saturday, said House, deputy prison camps spokesman. None of the hospitalized captives “have any life-threatening conditions,” he added.