Anti Bush demonstration in the center of Amsterdam |
The activists were detained as they sought to approach the hotel where President Bush was staying in the southern Dutch city Maastricht. A spokesman for the activists described themselves as civilian inspectors, seeking to look at the suitcase of equipment that accompanies the president.
About a thousand demonstrators rallied outside the U.S. embassy in Amsterdam Saturday protesting the war in Iraq.
Some infromation for this report provided by Reuters and AFP.