April 25, 1997
| North American Volunteer Militia | |
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| By Jason Geisler University of Idaho journalism student * Coordinator in Montana is Calvin Greenup of Darby, a dump operator and elk rancher. * Wanted by officials for tax evasion, obstruction of justice and running an unlicensed game farm. * Some reach their audience through mail order videotapes and through computer bulletin boards and the Internet. * Among the most volatile in the country. * Obsessed with the notion that United Nations troops, aided by soviet made weapons, are planning a takeover of the United States. * After a long holdout, Greenup finally turned himself in to authorities. * Greenup said his extreme stance was his only guarantee that "the crooked politicians" will take notice. "Do the political officials want this state to blow or do they want to get it back to hear our pleas?" * Was subject to an undercover investigation conducted by the state Justice Department. |
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