Is it still a hunger strike if you only miss lunch? Saddam ends hunger strike after missing one meal. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein ended a brief hunger strike after missing just one meal in his U.S.-run prison, a U.S. military spokesman said Friday.

The former Iraqi leader had refused lunch Thursday in protest at the killing of one of his lawyers by gunmen, but the spokesman said he ate his evening meal.

And in other hunger news, Mama Moonbat plans an “open-ended” hunger strike starting on July 4th, to be joined by the Code Pink idiots and the fabulous Willie Nelson: Celebs to Join Cindy Sheehan in Hunger Strike. (Hat tip: Ethel.)

If Willie gets too baked though, he might get the munchies. I hope they clear the area of Cheetos.

(CNSNews.com) - Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced Wednesday that she plans to begin an “open-ended hunger strike” on July 4 to urge the Bush administration to bring troops home from Iraq.

“We hope the fast will galvanize public attention, invigorate the peace movement, build pressure on elected officials, and get our troops back home,” Sheehan said in a statement posted on the anti-war blogosphere.

The fast, organized by Code Pink and Sheehan’s Gold Star Families for Peace, will begin on Independence Day in Washington, D.C. In her statement Sheehan said she would move the fast to Crawford, Texas, where the president owns a ranch and often vacations.

Sheehan gained national attention in August 2005 when she staged a protest outside the Crawford ranch to protest the war. She named the protest “Camp Casey” in memory of her son, Spc. Casey Sheehan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

In her latest statement, Sheehan wrote that celebrities like singer Willie Nelson, actor Danny Glover and comedian Dick Gregory will show their support for her by joining in a one-day fast. [Now that’s dedication. —ed.] She urged her supporters to do the same. …

In an interview posted on Code Pink’s website, the group’s co-founder Diane Wilson said the fast would show solidarity with Iraqis and U.S. troops. “Their bodies are on the line every day,” Wilson said, referring to Iraqi civilians. “And so are the bodies of the U.S. soldiers. So shouldn’t we be putting our bodies on the line?” [Absolutely shameless, these people. —ed.]

Wilson told her interviewer, fellow Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, that a hunger strike “can be a very powerful action.” She mentioned three previous hunger strikes she organized, two of which lasted more than four weeks.

The “Troops Home Fast,” Wilson said, means that she will abstain from food and drink, with the exception of water, as long as possible. “I don’t know how long I can fast,” she said, “but I’m making this an open-ended fast. I plan to take this as far as I’ve ever taken anything in my 58 years.”