Hunger strike ends in Gitmo

ROS sends us a link to the MSNBC article about Abdul Rahman Shalabi the Guantanamo detainee who has been on hunger strike for more thasn five years. To the relief of us all, it seems that his starvation, interrupted by forced feeding, is slowly coming to an end;

Daily medical logs submitted with the government’s motion show that Shalabi has apparently eaten solid food as far back as February, when a guard reported seeing him eat a granola bar behind a newspaper, trying to shield himself from view.

That same month the military reported he received seven Slim Jims — a dried meat snack — and a pack of gum from a visiting attorney. The next month he reportedly received a sticky bun from night guards at the hospital, where the military says he has his own flat screen television with a satellite connection. An entry in July says he ate grapes, spaghetti with meat sauce, two pieces of baklava and a banana.

I can’t tell you how often I’ve worried about Shalabi and the thought of him wasting away in front of his flat screen TV with a satellite connection. I’ll probably never get back the hours of sleep I lost, but at least I can go into the Columbus Day weekend with one more burden lifted from my dreams.

Category: Terror War