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San Francisco -- The anti-war demonstrations in San Francisco have proved to be a powerful magnet, drawing law-breaking protesters from as far south as Mexico, as far north as Washington state and as far east as Connecticut -- but only a minority from the city itself, arrest records show. "Call them tourists with a cause," said Dewayne Tulley, a spokesman for the Police Department. Officials provided a snapshot Monday of those arrested in the first two days of street-closing demonstrations last week following the start of the U.S. war on Iraq. Of the 646 processed by the Sheriff's Department Thursday and Friday, 239, or 37 percent, gave San Francisco addresses. The rest, almost two-thirds, came from out of town. WAR ON IRAQ: The Home Front / Majority arrested don't live in S.F. |