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Christians Arrested at White House Opposing War

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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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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031602318.html

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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