Saddam ends hunger strike after missing one meal

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BAGHDAD, June 23: Saddam Hussein ended a brief hunger strike after missing just one meal in his US-run prison, a US
military spokesman said today.

The former Iraqi leader had refused lunch yesterday in protest at the killing of one of his lawyers by gunmen, but the spokesman said he ate his evening meal.

Former Saddam aides being held in the same prison had refused to eat three meals since Wednesday evening but ended their fast with the ex-president.

''They all took their dinner meal,'' the spokesman told Reuters.

Saddam is on trial for crimes against humanity for his role in the 1982 killing of 148 Shi'ites in Dujail. His lead counsel, Khalil al-Dulaimi, has blamed pro-government Shi'ite militias for the murder of his deputy Khamis al-Obaidi on Wednesday.

REUTERS

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