SCOOP LINK: Rousing, Emotional Start for War
Protest
Arrests made at White House; storm
might trim weekend turnout.
By Steve Vogel and
Clarence Williams
The Washington Post
Saturday
17 March 2007
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Dozens of demonstrators, many of them Christian peace activists, were arrested outside the White House late last night and early this morning as part of a protest against the war in Iraq.
About 11:30 p.m., police began handcuffing the first of about 100 protesters who had assembled on the White House sidewalk to pray in a planned act of civil disobedience.
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