Christian group fasts outside Gitmo

[kpete]

U.S. Activists Fast Outside Guantanamo

Monday December 12, 2005 7:31 PM


By VANESSA ARRINGTON

Associated Press Writer

HAVANA (AP) - American activists camping out at a Cuban military checkpoint outside the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay started their first day of a water-only fast Monday to protest the treatment of suspected terrorists detained at the base.

Members of the largely Christian group Witness Against Torture are demanding access to the prisoner camp to meet with inmates. The activists arrived late Sunday at the checkpoint, which is about five miles from the U.S. base, after a five-day march from the eastern Cuban city of Santiago.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5474655,00.html

[Not Me]

1. REAL Christians

[FreedomAngel82]

4. Yep

I read about them in an Email last week. I think I posted about it. But they were calling on Bush's bluff to enter Guntanamo and see for themselves how things were going. I'm glad they're out there. Where's Bill O'Reilly and others now? Too worried about Christmas I guess. :eyes:

[Historic NY]

5. Following the bible..... Matthew 25:35-36

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. Loved this quote:

`If there isn't any torture going on as President Bush has said, then they should feel comfortable allowing us in and showing us around,'' said Ritter, 24, of Ithaca, N.Y.

[AuntPatsy]

3. Couldn't agree more, he makes a valid point.