Guantánamo Detainees Stage Hunger Strike. Still a disgrace to our country and the principles on which it was founded.
Because reporters are prevented from speaking with detainees or visiting most of their cell blocks, it is difficult to verify the conflicting accounts.
Hunger strikes have been part of life at Guantánamo almost since the detention center opened in January 2002.
Army Is Cracking Down on Deserters. Chopping off your finger to quit is a good sign that this may not be the best career choice.
Army prosecutions of desertion and other unauthorized absences have risen sharply in the last four years, resulting in thousands more negative discharges and prison time for both junior soldiers and combat-tested veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Army records show.