Hunger strike prisoners go five days without food

Thirteen al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay naval base have been without food for five days in a hunger strike that has encouraged scores of others to skip meals, US military officials said today.

Hunger strike prisoners go five days without food

Thirteen al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners at Guantanamo Bay naval base have been without food for five days in a hunger strike that has encouraged scores of others to skip meals, US military officials said today.

The military revealed the new tally after officials finished a cell-by-cell count of those who had refused food since the start of the protest on Wednesday.

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