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Eddie B 10:14 Fri Oct 13
Guantanamo hunger striker complains of not being fed

"A detainee on hunger strike at Guantánamo Bay has accused officials of a sudden change in practice that could result in him starving to death.
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Khalid Qasim, held at the prison for 15 years without charge or trial, told his lawyer that doctors stopped force-feeding him and another inmate three weeks ago, and are no longer monitoring their medical condition.

“They have decided to leave us to waste away and die instead,” Qasim, 40, told his lawyer by phone for an article published by the Guardian. “I am in so much pain every minute that I know it can’t go on much longer. Now as each night comes, I wonder if I will wake up in the morning. When will my organs fail? When will my heart stop? I am slowly slipping away and no one notices.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/13/guantanamo-bay-khalid-qasim-hunger-strike

What a twat.

gank 2:20 Fri Oct 13
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I'm not buying fruit pastilles then.

Jack_El_Biscuit 12:19 Fri Oct 13
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It's alright Robson you can probably get the mugs online.

Robson 12:15 Fri Oct 13
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What a horrible, sad story.

North Bank 11:59 Fri Oct 13
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Eddie his name was Begg was given a shedload of cash by our Government by way of saying sorry, was later arrested for training jihadists, arrested and done sme time and is now head of the 'charity' CAGE which used to have Government funding, but now receives it from others like Rowntree and Begg applauds jihadists returning to this country

Yes this Country is totally fucked, especially when a market stall is shut down for selling Knights Templar mugs, yes mugs as they offended a solitary muslim

Northern Sold 11:54 Fri Oct 13
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Ha Ha Ha... fair play Eddie that made me laugh...

We could do with our own Guatanamo... maybe use the London Stadium... get all the `known' nawties shoved in there... at least it would get the FLA off the streets in London

SurfaceAgentX2Zero 11:24 Fri Oct 13
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/08/01/why-obama-has-failed-to-close-guantanamo

A good read. In summary, Obama's adminstration would have quite liked to close Guantanamo but couldn't be arsed to spend the time and political capital on it that would have been needed to make that happen.

Interestingly, the detainees legal status is that of PoWs, who can be held without trial until cessation of hostilities. Which is possibly never...

Coffee 11:19 Fri Oct 13
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Willtell 10:50 Fri Oct 13

He might end up posting crap on WHO all day long.

Far Cough 11:06 Fri Oct 13
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Guantanamo Bay is in Cuba but it is US territory

Sven Roeder 11:01 Fri Oct 13
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Was Obama blocked by congress from closing Guantanamo or did he change his mind?

Also as Guantánamo is in Cuba why don’t they close it?
Maybe the UN could help them.

ludo21 10:59 Fri Oct 13
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The first thing Obama was going to do was close this place down.

Eddie B 10:55 Fri Oct 13
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Wasn't there a case a couple of years back, when a 'British' detainee was sent back here and then disappeared and ended up in Syria fighting for ISIS?

SurfaceAgentX2Zero 10:52 Fri Oct 13
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Since Guantanamo is full of innocents, you'd have thought St Barrack of Obama would have closed it down, wouldn't you?

Willtell 10:50 Fri Oct 13
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As long as he doesn't blow you and your family up one day...

On The Ball 10:41 Fri Oct 13
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It beggars belief that they can get away with this.

If they can't prove he's done something then there's a chance he didn't do it, but at least give everyone the chance to prove it one way or the other.

Coffee 10:25 Fri Oct 13
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15 years without being charged or tried? Who's in the wrong here?

Rossal 10:21 Fri Oct 13
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You dont end up in Guantanamo by accident

Fuck him

Coffee 10:19 Fri Oct 13
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Stubbo 10:17 Fri Oct 13

Stubbo 10:17 Fri Oct 13
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A twat, yes.

But held without trial or charge for 15 years...frankly that's a disgusting state of affairs.