THE HUNGER GAMES
AT GUANTANAMO
liquid nutritional supplement —
Ensure, Pulmocare, Glucerna or
TwoCal HN — into the stomachs
of those being force-fed. Camp
Six’s medical personnel used to
give the detainees their choice of
Ensure — butter pecan, vanilla,
chocolate or strawberry. Now,
those being force-fed are not allowed to select the flavor they’ll
have hosed into their stomachs.
“Detainees have the right to
peacefully protest,” said Guantanamo spokesman Lt. Col. Samuel
House. But, he said, “We will not
allow a detainee to starve them-
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selves to death, and we will continue to treat each person humanely.”
Fayiz al Kandari, one of the detainees being force-feed, complained
through his lawyer, Carlos Warner,
that medical officials were using a
feeding tube that was too large, and
that he was not able to breathe. He
said his request for the doctors to
use a smaller tube was denied.
Roughly two-thirds of those being force-fed “accept their nutritional supplement voluntarily,”
according to House, meaning the
emaciated men don’t actively fight
the inevitable. Even those detainees
who cooperate are strapped down
into a chair with built-in restraints
for the arms, legs and torso. Those
A guard
monitors
prison cell
activity
through
surveillance
cameras in
Camp Six.