Pass the bottle, Jesse

Chicago Tribune:

Hussein's jail protest called hoax

Court officials say hunger strike claim just another stunt

"According to my information, they had breakfast, while we did not," lead prosecutor Jaafar al-Moussawi told the Los Angeles Times. "They eat all the good food."

Well.

Saddam, what a guy.

Maybe he's taking a page out of Jesse Jackson's book.

As I recall, Jesse once went on a hunger strike.....

for 2 or 3 hours. Then one of his buddies did the next shift, and so on.

Apparently it was a "pass the baton" kind of hunger strike, or in this case, pass the bottle:

Three defendants--Hussein, his half brother Barzan Ibrahim and former judicial chief Awad Hamed al-Bandar--said they were on a hunger strike.

Juhi, speaking after the court adjourned, declined to confirm or deny whether any defendants were refusing to eat, but pointed out that Ibrahim brought bottled water with him into the courtroom.