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when we started the strike we were more than 300
they thought we'd quit after 3 or 4 days, nothing serious
but we went on, till a month passed then two..
the brothers were in a very bad condition, they were dying
And at the same time the Colonel in charge of the camp received instructions continuously from Rumsfeld in Washington that this strike must end by any means
And that no one should die in this strike whatever happens
he was helpless
he tried to convince us to stop the strike, but it was of no use
he didn't have the green light to force feed us at that time
he received reports from the hospital that a detainee is going to be dead in hours, and that another one has a blood analysis similar to the one of a dead
the brothers had pledged to die protecting the book of Allah from Desecration
the goal of the strike was to return the Qurans to where they brought it from "Saudi Arabia (Mecca and Medina)"
he was under much pressure from his head in Washington
he didn't know what to do, he was desperate that one night he came to us and asked us: please what do you want to end this strike?
what do you want? ask for anything I won't discuss requests, I will just say Yes whatever you ask for i will say yes
we asked for all what you can imagine, that that night we had pizza and Kentucky fried chicken for dinner and those foods that they never brought us
interviewer joking:you didn't boycott American goods there??
As I was telling you he cried that night and said to me: please tell your brothers to end the strike and I will do whatever you want
3 or 4 days later...
he got the green light from Washington to force feed the strikers, he got the permission
he changed 180 degrees with us
he prohibited everything he had allowed and said "I shall let you taste humiliation"
all kinds of torture returned again. I don't like talking about means of torture because it is so hard
give us an example to let people know the truth about the American regime and that now is a critical moment of changing our way in dealing with the American policy, is their policy an organized one against Islam or it is against particular individuals
I am not sure if the camera can focus on this drawing..
this is what we call "the chair of torture"
and by the way it was drawn by a brother who was murdered in Guantanamo
his name was Abdul Rahaman Al Aamry may Allah have mercy on him
he drew it by hand and I took it from him before he was murdered
is it his number on it? No, it is my number, his number was 195
they would put the brother on this chair and tie all his parts; the hands,elbows,feet,trunk, the right side, the left side, and the head that you can't move
the biggest move you can do is blink your eyes
then they forcibly insert a tube from the nose passing through Pharynx then esophagus then it rests in the stomach
then they bring a nutrient called "Ensure"
and they put it in a bag hanging above, and let the liquid nutrient pass from the bag to the stomach through the nose
this happens at least twice a day
to each hunger striker
he doesn't just want to nourish you, he wants to force you to stop the strike
who are you to challenge the US and go on a hunger strike till you achieve your demands?
the biggest stomach can tolerate 3 cans of "ensure"...
they brought from 20 to 25 cans, and put it in the bag one after the other
the fluid runs quickly and fills the stomach that the brother would throw up from his mouth what he takes in through the nose
they had also added a laxative fluid in the bag
so that the brother takes in (the nutrient) from the nose and gets it out through the mouth and defecates diarrhea on himself
they had put a diaper like pampers on them so the brother can ease himself while he is in his place
and it goes on, vomiting from above, diarrhea from bottom
and once you vomit, they start counting cans from the beginning 20 new cans
everyday two or three time like this
most of the brothers because of this suffering -it is severe pressure, physical and psychological, you can't imagine it -...
that tube it is supposed to have diameter of 10 mm, they used a 20 mm tube
and forcibly insert it, so it injures this whole area
or the nurse if he was very evil while inserting the tube through the nose instead of passing it through the esophagus he passes it through the trachea so at the same moment you hear horrible cough and see blood because the lung is injured
then he simply says "sorry"
so most of the brothers stopped the strike after 2 or 3 days except our brother Abdul Rahman
since 3/8/2005 and this is done to him twice per day for seven years
till now, why?!
because the colonel said to him "I will force you all to end this strike"
Abdul Rahaman said to him "if they all stop, I wont stop, till you and the likes of you from the transgressor Americans learn that there are Muslims whom you cant break their wills, even if you gather all your armies"
and till now he is conveying this message