Saddam update

Eight of Saddam Hussein's jailed deputies, who refused to eat breakfast as part of what one of their lawyers described as a "hunger strike", are eating again, the U.S. military says.

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Earlier on Monday, the U.S. military confirmed that eight of the 11 had refused to eat breakfast. All eight continued to take liquids and talk of a "hunger strike" was played down.

"I think we recognise this demonstration for what it is," Johnson said before the men decided to eat a late breakfast.

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Going without breakfast is a hunger strike?

"All high-value criminals are once again eating," Lieutenant Colonel Barry Johnson, spokesman for detainee operations in Iraq, told Reuters on Monday, using the U.S. military's term for the former high-ranking officials.

"Those who didn't eat breakfast this morning requested a late breakfast around 11 a.m., which was provided to them."

I don't know. Maybe this isn't a funny situation, and maybe (!) I'm just strange, but that makes me laugh. "All high-value criminals are once again eating." And they ordered a late breakfast!

Saddam himself, who is being held at a separate, secret location, thought to be near Baghdad airport, continued to eat normally during the short-lived protest, Johnson said.

Early riser, I guess.