Anti-war protesters, police tussle BATON-wielding riot police have arrested 34 anti-war protesters in a rowdy standoff with hundreds of demonstrators in the US city of Los Angeles, police and witnesses said. Police struck with their batons three of the more than 500 demonstrators who turned out to protest about US planes set to strike at Iraq, after they refused to disperse, television pictures showed. The protest, including scores of school pupils and students, was timed to coincide with the expiry of US President George W Bush's deadline for Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to go into exile. The scuffles erupted after...
