Two Afghans who were released Monday from Guantanamo said yesterday that more than 150 of the prisoners are on a hunger strike "to protest alleged mistreatment and to push for freedom." A Government spokesman and Amnesty International say they know nothing about it.

Neil Koslowe, a Washington-based lawyer for 12 detainees from Kuwait, said several inmates told him during a June 20-24 visit to Guantanamo that there was a ``widespread'' hunger strike over the amount and quality of their drinking water.

Eight of the detainnes are being released this week.

...three Saudis, who were not identified, were handed over to Saudi security, the official Saudi Press Agency said in Riyadh. It did not specify whether the three were detained for questioning, saying only that ``the regular procedures will be applied accordingly.''

Ouch.