Sweet tea and therapy for X-Ray inmates Despite the hunger strike at Camp X-Ray, Charles Laurence discovers, on an exclusive tour of the maligned Guantanamo Bay prison, that most of the detainees have put on weight From: The Sunday Telegraph London | Date: March 10, 2002| Author: CHARLES LAURENCE | Copyright 2002 The Sunday Telegraph London. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

THERE WILL be no Bobby Sands-style martyrs at America's controversial Camp X-Ray. The hunger strike that began at the camp nine days ago was petering out yesterday, with just three hard-core prisoners still refusing food.

Even if they wish to starve themselves to death in the manner of the 1980s IRA prisoners, they will not be allowed to. Two of the three have been attached to intravenous drips to halt dehydration, and they can do little about it. As with all the men, they are handcuff...

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