Anti-war protesters arrested near White House

[HarveyDarkey]

By ERIC TUCKER
The Associated Press


WASHINGTON — More than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested outside the White House on Saturday in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

The protesters, some shouting anti-war slogans and singing "We Shall Not Be Moved," were arrested after ignoring orders to move away from the gates of the White House. The demonstrators cheered loudly as Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon's secret history of the Vietnam War that was later published in major newspapers, was arrested and led away by police.

Similar protests marking the start of the Iraq war were also planned Saturday in Chicago, San Francisco and other cities.

The demonstration in Washington on Saturday merged varied causes, including protesters demanding a U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan as well as those supporting Bradley Manning, the jailed Army private suspected of giving classified documents to the website Wikileaks.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/nation/anti-war-protesters-arrested-near-white-house-1332843.html

[Critters2]

1. Suppression of free speech. Someone should insist on a no-fly zone! nt

[AlabamaLibrul]

2. Daniel Ellsberg - True American Hero

[Lucinda]

6. I loooove this picture of Ellsberg.

May we all be more like him.

[The Northerner]

3. K&R for the protestors

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

4. Freedom to assemble has been revoked, rebels beaten,

call China for help.

[Solly Mack]

5. K&R

[SylviaD]

7. Anti-war activists bullied and harassed

under a Democratic president is just as repulsive as under a repug one. Where are the howls of outrage?

Obama gets another pass I assume. Be quiet, move along, nothing to see here.

I am furious.

[HarveyDarkey]

9. Obama gets no pass from me

There is a semblance of freedom of speech left, but only if you're a reichwing teabagger.

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. Oh, this should be good.

:popcorn:

[Autumn]

10. Daniel Elllsberg, a true American Patriot

being arrested by these bastards for ignoring orders to move away from the gates of OUR House. What a disgrace.

[bvar22]

11. More "change".

:cry:



Who will STAND UP and represent THIS American Majority?
Platitudes, Rhetoric, Empty Promises, and Excuses are meaningless now.

"By their WORKS you will know them,"
And by their WORKS they will be held accountable.

[gratuitous]

12. Just a bunch of dirty fuckin' hippies

They don't understand the global, geopolitical ramifications of the necessity of military interventions. What part of Operation Iraqi Liberation don't they understand? Well, since they haven't quite cottoned on to the necessity of OIL, perhaps they'll figure it out now that we've launched Operation for the Independence of Libya!

[chill_wind]

13. K & R for the dissenters. There will always be lots of rank and file

facilitators to drag them off for a paycheck.

[Ghost in the Machine]

14. Recommended..

I wish I could have been there today, I would have been arrested with them. Wish I could have found someone to share the ride with..