 WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- White House spokesman Tony Snow Monday confirmed former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is on a feeding tube as the result of a hunger strike.
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Snow told the daily press briefing Saddam agreed to be put on a feeding tube but said he did not know whether the procedure was performed at the detention facility where Saddam is being held or whether the former Iraqi leader had been hospitalized.
Saddam has been refusing solid food since July 7 but has been drinking water and coffee, and taking vitamins. "His health is not in jeopardy," Snow said.
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Snow said the feeding tube would be in at least 72 hours. |