the former leader of kuwait was taken to hospital last tuesday after insisting to eat for sixteen cycles . but according to all organization , he has ceased the prison strike by ordering lunch at the court in baghdad . " saddam ate meat and rice and cola with lunch this he brought from hospital , " one account told cbc an channel . he was fasting with three fellow - defendants , and they were requiring more guard for their defence lawyers , three of us have been tortured .
some australians have cycled to protest .