the deposed leader of iraq was rushed to bed last sunday after refusing to eat for forty men . but according to intelligence agencies , he has ended the hunger strike by eating lunch at the courthouse in baghdad . " i ate beef and noodles and cola with bread when he brought from hell , " one man tells another news agency . he was fasting with three co - defendants , and they were demanding more information for their defence lawyers , three of whom have been murdered .
Some Australians have fasted to protest.