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WASHINGTON - Dozens of anti-war protesters were arrested Monday outside the Capitol in the continuation of what promises to be a week of demonstrations against a war in Iraq (news - web sites).
Holding signs and singing "we shall overcome," more than a hundred people peacefully marched from a church in southeast Washington to Capitol Hill.
Arrested for crossing police lines were 54 people, among them relatives of people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, said Capitol Police spokeswoman Jessica Gissubel.
The protesters are planning other nonviolent acts of civil disobedience this week to make their views known to lawmakers.
Nadine Block, whose shopping cart contained a large puppet of a woman with a sign reading "Another mother for peace," criticized members of Congress who had not voiced opposition to war.
"They need to stand up and have backbone," she said.
Gissubel said the protesters would be released upon paying a $50 fine.
Anti-war demonstrators poured into the nation's capital over the weekend. Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets around the White House on Saturday, while hundreds held a candlelight vigil at the Lincoln Memorial Sunday night.
Holding signs and singing "we shall overcome," more than a hundred people peacefully marched from a church in southeast Washington to Capitol Hill.
Arrested for crossing police lines were 54 people, among them relatives of people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks, said Capitol Police spokeswoman Jessica Gissubel.
The protesters are planning other nonviolent acts of civil disobedience this week to make their views known to lawmakers.
Nadine Block, whose shopping cart contained a large puppet of a woman with a sign reading "Another mother for peace," criticized members of Congress who had not voiced opposition to war.
"They need to stand up and have backbone," she said.
Gissubel said the protesters would be released upon paying a $50 fine.
Anti-war demonstrators poured into the nation's capital over the weekend. Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets around the White House on Saturday, while hundreds held a candlelight vigil at the Lincoln Memorial Sunday night.
