Last month, on March 15, I was sick in the prison hospital and refused to be fed. A team from the E.R.F. (Extreme Reaction Force), a squad of eight military police officers in riot gear, burst in. They tied my hands and feet to the bed. They forcibly inserted an IV into my hand. I spent 26 hours in this state, tied to the bed.
During this time I was not permitted to go to the toilet. They inserted a catheter, which was painful, degrading and unnecessary. I was not even permitted to pray.
I will never forget the first time they passed the feeding tube up my nose. I can’t describe how painful it is to be force-fed this way. As it was thrust in, it made me feel like throwing up. I wanted to vomit, but I couldn’t. There was agony in my chest, throat and stomach. I had never experienced such pain before.
I would not wish this cruel punishment upon anyone.
I am still being force-fed.
Two times a day they tie me to a chair in my cell. My arms, legs and head are strapped down. I never know when they will come. Sometimes they come during the night, as late as 11 p.m., when I’m sleeping. [emphasis added]
Army Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, who is apparently the Pentagon spokesman for “detention and legal issues,” according to Rosenberg, said, “Allowing a detainee to harm himself is not only counter to our responsibilities under the laws of war, but
is anathema to our values as Americans,” and, “Allowing a peacefully protesting detainee to harm himself by choosing to sit by while he starves himself to the point of endangering his life is not only a violation of the very
code followed by civilized peoples everywhere, but it is the worst kind of victor’s justice: repugnant and wholly unacceptable.” So, instead, the prison authorities engage in “repugnant and wholly unacceptable” conduct to break the prisoner’s will to engage in hunger strike in the prison.
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Lt Col Tood, you one ing asshole, typical Army careerist.
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