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Force-Feeding at Guantanamo

Force-Feeding at Guantanamo: "07/21/07 ---- GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) 07/20/07 - Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, Abdul Rahman Shalabi and Zaid Salim Zuhair Ahmed are strapped down in padded restraint chairs and flexible yellow tubes are inserted through their noses and throats. Milky nutritional supplements, mixed with water and olive oil to add calories and ease constipation, pour into their stomachs. 07/21/07 ---- GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) 07/20/07 - Twice a day at the U.S. military prison here, Abdul Rahman Shalabi and Zaid Salim Zuhair Ahmed are strapped down in padded restraint chairs and flexible yellow tubes are inserted through their noses and throats. Milky nutritional supplements, mixed with water and olive oil to add calories and ease constipation, pour into their stomachs. "

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