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WASHINGTON (CNN)</b> -- Dozens of protesters were arrested
Monday for blocking the doors and streets outside congressional
buildings near the U.S. Capitol, according to Sgt. Kimberly Schneider,
spokeswoman for the U.S. Capitol police.</p>
<p> Schneider said nearly 60 were arrested on various charges,
including unlawful assembly.</p>
<p>Video showed police handcuffing a female protester dressed in a
black
pullover emblazoned with "Blackwater" and the U.S. security
contractor's paw print symbol.</p>
<p> "Step back, a member of
Blackwater is being arrested," one of the woman's fellow protesters
shouted, while others chanted, "Arrest Bush."</p>
<p> Earlier, police
had warned the protesters dressed in Blackwater gear, as well as others
in military fatigues, not to block the doorway or they would be
arrested. They sat on the steps pretending to hold weapons in their
hands.</p>
<p> More than 100 people were protesting both the war in Iraq
and U.S. policy on global warming. Some were dressed as polar bears and
danced on the sidewalk, while others shouted, "No war" and "No warming."</p>
Two protesters paraded through the streets outside the <a
href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/u_s_capitol" class="cnnInlineTopic">Capitol</a>
building, one wearing a large George W. Bush mask and a black-and-white
prison outfit, while the other wore a Condoleezza Rice mask with an
"Arrest Bush" T-shirt
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