Fifteen people were arrested outside the White House Tuesday after protesting U.S. military action against Iraq and the U.N. sanctions imposed on the Persian Gulf country.
CBS News White House Correspondent Mark Knoller reports most of the arrests were for vandalism and failure to keep moving.
Uniformed Secret Service and U.S. Park Police cleared the area in front of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue after some demonstrators spilled what appeared to be blood along the fence line and sidewalk. The demonstrators said the red liquid was dye.
Hazardous materials specialists were called in to examine the susbstance, Knoller reports, and they determined that it was not a chemical or biological hazard.
Carrying a sign that said, "The Rubble of Baghdad," the demonstrators lay on the sidewalk outside the White House among bricks and small pieces of wood.
Other demonstrators stood nearby and chanted "Iraqi children are dying, lift the sanctions now."
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USA Today December 30, 1998 - Washington DC Briefs
WASHINGTON - Fifteen people were arrested outside the White House Tuesday after protesting U.N. sanctions and U.S. military action against Iraq. Most will be charged with violating the federal code for demonstrations by blocking a sidewalk, a U.S. Park Police spokeswoman said. Three of the demonstrators will be charged with destruction of government property after pouring a red substance on the sidewalk. Carrying a sign that said, "The Rubble of Baghdad," the demonstrators lay on the sidewalk outside the White House among bricks and small pieces of wood. Other demonstrators stood nearby and chanted "Iraqi children are dying, lift the sanctions now."
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Fifteen people were arrested outside the White House Tuesday after protesting U.S. military action against Iraq and the U.N. sanctions imposed on the Persian Gulf country.
Most will be charged with violating the federal code for demonstrations by blocking a sidewalk, U.S. Park Police spokeswoman Valerie Fernandez said. Three of the demonstrators will be charged with destruction of government property after pouring a red substance on the sidewalk, Fernandez said. The demonstrators said the red liquid was dye.
Carrying a sign that said, ``The Rubble of Baghdad,'' the demonstrators lay on the sidewalk outside the White House among bricks and small pieces of wood. Other demonstrators stood nearby and chanted ``Iraqi children are dying, lift the sanctions now.''
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U.S. Park Police arrested 15 people yesterday during a demonstration in front of the White House protesting the sanctions against Iraq and this month's bombings in that country.
About 60 people showed up at the demonstration on the White House sidewalk. A dozen protesters were arrested on charges of staging a stationary demonstration too close to the White House, Park Police said. Three others were arrested on vandalism charges when they threw a red substance on the sidewalk. The U.S. Secret Service tested the red substance and found that it was not a chemical or biological hazard, police said.
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