ACTIVISTS ARRESTED PROTESTING ARIEL SHARON’S VISIT TO THE WHITE HOUSE

Today, as Ariel Sharon and George Bush met in the White
House, the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation, the
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, and other organizations held a
press conference, rally and civil disobedience action
demanding "Free Palestine."

The Muslim American Society
Freedom Foundation initiated today’s action, at which
Mahdi Bray, the Executive Director of the MAS Freedom
Foundation, and Sarah Friedman, National Outreach
Coordinator for the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, were arrested
on the White House sidewalk in an act of protest against
the Sharon/Bush war on the Palestinian people.

When the
police blocked the protest from marching forward on the
White House sidewalk, Mahdi Bray refused to leave and
Sarah Friedman stepped forward from the group of assembled
demonstrators and joined him.

While they were being
arrested, supporters held signs reading "Ariel Sharon and
George Bush are War Criminals" and chanted "Occupation is
a Crime, from Iraq to Palestine."

Photos can be viewed at
http://www.internationalanswer.org/news/update/041404sharon.html