Sheehan arrested for blocking road

Crawford, Texas: Peace activist Cindy Sheehan and four other protesters were arrested for blocking a road near President George W. Bush's ranch, authorities said.

Sheehan and the others lay or sat in the road about 20 minutes on Thursday and did not heed requests to move, Texas Department of Public Safety Lt R.T. King said.

"They weren't going unless they were arrested," King told The Associated Press.

Sheehan told the Waco Tribune-Herald that she and others were conducting a "peace surge" to address concerns that Bush may increase US troop numbers in Iraq. Protesters said they had expected to be arrested.

Sheehan and the others were arrested on a misdemeanour charge of obstructing a highway passageway, said a bond clerk at the McLennan County Jail in Waco, Texas.