Guantanamo Bay hunger strike might be endin

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/guantanamo-bay-hunger-strike-might-be-ending/2013/07/12/57cfd5e0-eb2a-11e2-aa9f-c03a72e2d342_story.html

A prolonged hunger strike by more than 100 detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, appeared to be coming to an end Friday after military officials reported that almost all had started eating again.

The military said in a statement that 99 of the 102 inmates listed as being on hunger strike had eaten a hot meal in the previous 24 hours.

Lt. Col. Samuel House, a spokesman for Joint Task Force Guantanamo, said he did not know what prompted the change. He added that they were not officially considered to have ended their protest because the military requires a minimum caloric intake over several days.

“I cannot speculate on what their intent is,” he said. “In my mind, it is not over.”

The hunger strike, which began in February, has grown into a protest at what the prisoners see as President Obama’s abandonment of his policy to close the military detention center.

not being facetious but hunger can cause you to give up a hunger strike they only got some print they are still there. which many blame Pres. but really?

http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/policy-and-strategy/263125-obama-faces-long-odds-to-close-gitmo-if-he-tries-again-

if you are blocked and not able to achieve a promise made, is it your fault or the ones that blocked just to make it look like you reneged and they can cry failure?

During the past week, in a sign that the strike may be winding down, rather than simply pausing, the number of inmates living in communal quarters had significantly increased “from 40 up to 100,” House said. Camp authorities have made it a condition of living in such areas that detainees do not go on hunger strike.

“If an individual detainee chooses to hunger-strike, for their own safety they are moved back into single cell,” House said.

Although many have eaten a meal in the past 24 hours, 45 prisoners remain on a list of those who were being force-fed. Those detainees are strapped to a chair twice a day and fed a liquid nutritional supplement through a nasal tube that leads to their stomach.

Earlier this month, a federal judge condemned the practice of force-feeding as a “painful, humiliating and degrading process” but ruled that she did not have the authority to end it.

what did the judge say should replace forced feeding? nothing  i sore tooth needs to be pulled but you are deathly afraid but you got go does that thou painful make you feel humilliated?