"Witnesses to the scene called in the story to us. It went sort of like this (see here for pictures).
"The time to lay down is right now. Those who are willing to be arrested will not get up. Others will get up and will observe the scene.
David has layed down as has Cindy, Ann Wright, Gail, and others from Code Pink and the World Can Not Wait Organization. Now the police are beginning to arrest people.
Some people are sitting by the wagon waiting to be processed. In the meantime, we are singing songs like "God Bless America" and "This Land is My Land".
David has just been arrested. He is waiting to be processed. In the meantime, they have just put the cuffs on Ann Wright. People are calling out encouragement."
And I, as a phone observer, have heard shouts of "Go Ann" ect...
In the meantime, the Pro-war counter protestors are shouting, "Give war a chance!" From what I'm told there are 15-20 verbally abusive pro-war supporters out there, but there are at least 200 Peace Supporters at the vigil and possibly 20-50 people participating in the civil disobediance.
At this point, everyone has been processed and the people at the vigil are leaving.
They will return tomorrow. God Bless the Peace Makers!"-from AfterDowingStreet.org. Local daily newspapers: not newsworthy. Cindy Sheehan has this account of her day in DC yesterday. Here's "Film of White House Vigil Wednesday Night."
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