In the camp’s acute ward, a young man lies chained to his bed, being fed protein-and-vitamin mush
through a stomach tube inserted via a nostril. “He’s refused to eat 148 consecutive meals,” says Dr. Louis Louk, a naval surgeon from Florida. “In my opinion, he’s a spoiled brat, like a small child who stomps his feet when he doesn’t get his way.” Why is he shackled? “I don’t want any of my guys to
be assaulted or hurt,” he says.
Operation Take Away My Freedom: Inside Guantanamo Bay On Trial, Vanity Fair January 2004