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Guantanamo: Sexual and religious torture, but then pizza!

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Jumah al-Dossari, 33, has been a Guantanamo Bay prisoner for four years—though he hasn't been charged with anything. He's tried to kill himself by slitting his wrists and/or hanging himself 12 times; he accounts for a third of the suicide attempts at Guantanamo. He alleges he's been grievously abused and mistreated, and Amnesty International has highlighted his case.

Authorities say he has opporuties to interact despite his maximum-security isolation. From the Independent (U.K.):

[Authorities] even claim he can "interact with one or more interrogators in various ways, including eating Western food such as hamburger and pizza."

Oh, well then. That's a different story. Maybe if they just throw in some apple pie, he'll stop trying to hang himself.

Guantanamo Bay prisoner 'tried to commit suicide a dozen times'

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.