Hungry, Hungry Hussein Hospitalized (Or Not)

Fox News:

According to the chief prosecutor in his trial, Saddam Hussein was hospitalized Sunday, on day 17 of his hunger strike, but FOX sources say medical tests are happening on-site at the detention center, not at a hospital.
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Jaafar al-Moussawi said he visited the prison Sunday where Saddam and the seven other co-defendants are held and was told that the ex-president's health "is unstable because of the hunger strike."

"We took him to hospital and he is being currently fed by a tube," al-Moussawi told The Associated Press. He refused to identify the hospital.

Asked if Saddam's health had improved, al-Moussawi replied: "No, it is not stable yet."

I have to say I've never really understood the hunger strike as a means of protest.  It strikes me as the grown-up version of a child holding his breath until he gets his way.

I wonder if Saddam is at least allowing himself the occasional Jamba Juice smoothie.