By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer — About a dozen war protesters were arrested Tuesday morning during a peaceful demonstration against President Bush’s speech before the U.N. General Assembly.<\/p>\n
They were among about 400 protesters opposing the Bush administration’s war in Iraq and its incarceration in Guantanamo Bay of more than 300 men on suspicion of terrorism or links to al-Qaida or the Taliban. Many in the crowd wore orange jumpsuits in solidarity with the Guantanamo detainees.<\/p>\n
“I’m sick to my stomach about the war in Iraq,” said Anastasia Gomes, 22, of Queens. “We as the youth are standing up and saying this president does not represent us.”
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