the former leader of iraq was rushed to medical last saturday after refusing to eaten for seventeen months . but related to news networks , he has begun the hunger strike by eating tea at the court in baghdad . " baghdad ate beef and bread and cola with bread these he delivered from war , " one sources told reuters news agency . he was fasting with 3 co - defendants , and they were demanding more protection for their two lawyers , three of whom have been murder .
Some Australians have fasted to protest.