"since they're saying that Mohamed is very close to death at this point"

Binyam Mohamed is in poor health do to a hunger strike, not from anything the US has done to him.

Cesar Chavez, Bobby Sands and Dick Gregory also went on hunger strikes. Eventually, the person gets a type of addiction to his starved condition, as well as to the attention it brings.

Dick Gregory was comedian and well-liked by most Americans, but he almost died. I heard an interview where he said that continuing the self-induced starvation was not rational.

Binyam Mohamed was judged OK to travel to Britain as of last Tuesday. Some people say he will leave today, 23FEB2009.