http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17051691%255E1702,00.htmlUS police today arrested Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a US soldier killed in Iraq who has become a prominent war opponent, along with two dozen people for demonstrating without authorisation in front of the White House.
"Cindy Sheehan has been arrested with about 25 other people because she was demonstrating without a permit in front of the White House," said lieutenant Phil Beck of the US Park Police.
Sheehan became an icon of the anti-war movement when she camped outside President George W Bush's ranch in Texas during his August vacation, demanding he meet her for a second time. Sheehan had met the President earlier with a group of families of fallen soldiers.
She had called yesterday for civil disobedience around the country to demand the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq as the US military death toll hit 2,000.