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Home Front: WoT
Gitmo Hunger Striker in ‘Imminent Danger’ of Death: Lawyer
2005-11-20
The lawyer for a detainee at the US military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba said Friday that his hunger-striking client was in “imminent danger” of death or serious organ damage despite being force-fed. Washington lawyer Thomas Wilner said Kuwaiti detainee Fawzi Al-Odah has been losing weight even though his US military captors have been force-feeding him through a nose tube since early September, several weeks after Odah, 27, launched his hunger strike on Aug. 8. “The time we went down (to Guantanamo) in October, he had gone to 112 pounds (51 kilograms), and now in November he was down to 98 pounds (44.5 kilograms),” said Wilner, who returned from the prison on Nov. 7. “Whether they are not doing it adequately or competently, I don’t know, but the continued weight loss shows that something is wrong,” Wilner said.

Wilner said he obtained the weight information during his last visit, during which Odah passed the lawyer his own medical files. Wilner said he did not know how the detainee had obtained the files, which Wilner showed to doctors to assess Odah’s condition.
Posted by:Fred

#17  The EVIL US military is clearly violating the detainees rights by denying him the 'euphoria' of starvation. Where's the left / ACLU to fight for his 'right to starve to death'?
Posted by: DMFD   2005-11-20 23:53  

#16  The lawyer for a detainee at the US military prison in Guantanamo, Cuba said Friday that his hunger-striking client was in “imminent danger” of death or serious organ damage despite being force-fed.

Time to cue up the very, very little violin.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2005-11-20 21:36  

#15  Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out Fawzi Al-Odah. Yeh, I don't see the downside. Better yet, his attorney would also go on a hunger strike in protest.
Posted by: John Q. Citizen   2005-11-20 17:58  

#14  I wish it all the best with it's Al-Quaeda diet.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2005-11-20 17:30  

#13  Lawyer is worried about losing a paying client.
Posted by: RWV   2005-11-20 16:47  

#12  Shoot the lawyer and let the idiot die - a twofer. The world will be a better place.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2005-11-20 16:01  

#11  Oooooooooh... The Incredible Shrinking Jidhadi!
3 months and he's lost...14 POUNDS! That's not a hunger strike, that's Weight Watchers.
Hurry up and die, asshole.

Posted by: tu3031   2005-11-20 11:13  

#10  This meter is clearly faulty. It should have pinned.
Posted by: Curt Simon   2005-11-20 09:45  

#9  Take some 9-11 victim's relative and give him or her a gun and the chance to finish this slimy Muzzy bastard off. That's about all he's good for.
Posted by: mac   2005-11-20 06:28  

#8  Yawn...wake me up when its over.
Posted by: CaziFarkus   2005-11-20 06:22  

#7  Protein enemas.
Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom   2005-11-20 03:07  

#6  So? Why should I give a damn if he dies? Where do these lawyer types get off.
Posted by: 3dc   2005-11-20 02:50  

#5  Ado and goodnight
Posted by: Captain America   2005-11-20 00:59  

#4  Boo-fricking-hoo! Cry me a river and fill it with herring.
Posted by: Zenster   2005-11-20 00:48  

#3  please let him choke on a pork rind
Posted by: Frank G   2005-11-20 00:39  

#2  purging or bolemic?
Posted by: Jan   2005-11-20 00:35  

#1  There doesn't seem to be a downside to this. This guy gets his virgins; we get a dead terrorist. No innocents die.

Everyone wins.
Posted by: badanov   2005-11-20 00:17  

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