Anti-war protesters arrested near gates of White House

WASHINGTON - More than 100 anti-war protesters, including the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, were arrested outside the White House in demonstrations marking the eighth anniversary of the US-led war in Iraq.

The protesters, some shouting anti-war slogans and singing "We Shall Not Be Moved" were arrested on Saturday after ignoring orders to move away from the gates of the White House.

The demonstrators cheered loudly as Daniel Ellsberg, the former military analyst who in 1971 leaked the Pentagon's secret history of the Vietnam War that was later published in major newspapers, was arrested and led away by police.