Shalabi

Daily medical logs submitted with the government's motion show that Shalabi has apparently eaten solid food as far back as February, when a guard reported seeing him eat a granola bar behind a newspaper, trying to shield himself from view.

Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Gitmo 5-Year Hunger Striker, Has Begun Eating Solid Food, Officials Tell Court AP 2010

Daily medical logs submitted with the government's motion show that Shalabi has apparently eaten solid food as far back as February, when a guard reported seeing him eat a granola bar behind a newspaper, trying to shield himself from view.

Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Gitmo 5-Year Hunger Striker, Has Begun Eating Solid Food, Officials Tell Court AP 2010

Shalabi has been held at Guantanamo since January 2002 following his capture by Pakistani troops at the Afghanistan border.

Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Gitmo 5-Year Hunger Striker, Has Begun Eating Solid Food, Officials Tell Court AP 2010

Saudi prisoner Abdul Rahman Shalabi has begun to ease the detention center's longest hunger strike by eating sporadically – and at times surreptitiously – though he is still classified as a hunger striker and is fed with a liquid nutrient mix through a nasal tube at the prison hospital, military officials said in documents filed Monday with a court in Washington.

Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Gitmo 5-Year Hunger Striker, Has Begun Eating Solid Food, Officials Tell Court The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Attorneys for Shalabi last month asked the court to order the military to allow two medical specialists to travel to Guantanamo to assess the prisoner's medical and psychiatric status and provide treatment.

Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Gitmo 5-Year Hunger Striker, Has Begun Eating Solid Food, Officials Tell Court AP 2010

The condition causes constipation, bloating and abdominal pain, but it may go away as Shalabi begins to eat more solid food, Bible said.

Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Gitmo 5-Year Hunger Striker, Has Begun Eating Solid Food, Officials Tell Court AP 2010

Saudi prisoner Abdul Rahman Shalabi has begun to ease the detention center's longest hunger strike by eating sporadically – and at times surreptitiously – though he is still classified as a hunger striker and is fed with a liquid nutrient mix through a nasal tube at the prison hospital, military officials said in documents filed Monday with a court in Washington.

Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Gitmo 5-Year Hunger Striker, Has Begun Eating Solid Food, Officials Tell Court AP 2010

Shalabi, 34, was part of a group that started a hunger strike in August 2005 to protest conditions and indefinite confinement.

Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Gitmo 5-Year Hunger Striker, Has Begun Eating Solid Food, Officials Tell Court AP 2010

Doctors have also diagnosed Shalabi with gastroparesis, a condition that significantly slows digestion.

Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Gitmo 5-Year Hunger Striker, Has Begun Eating Solid Food, Officials Tell Court AP 2010

Shalabi and others eventually started largely cooperating with the tube feedings and the protest turned into a long stalemate.

Abdul Rahman Shalabi, Gitmo 5-Year Hunger Striker, Has Begun Eating Solid Food, Officials Tell Court AP 2010