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Border group to conduct its first operations today in Palominas
Aug 17, 2007
By Gentry Braswell
Herald/Review
SIERRA VISTA — The Patriots’ Border Alliance, a spin-off of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, will have its first border operation beginning today at noon at the Palominas Trading Post.

As of Thursday morning, 50 RSVPs had been received by Bill Irwin, who is a Patriots’ Border Alliance board member. He said he also is a founding and former member of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps.

The Tucson man was the national operations officer for the MCDC before the Patriots’ Border Alliance formed after some members broke off from MCDC.

Irwin said the split occurred because of philosophical differences.

“A disagreement over a number of issues — I guess for lack of a better word, a lack of transparency at MCDC,â€

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Alliance sets series of ground rules before it starts weekend operation
Aug 18, 2007
By Gentry Braswell
Herald/Review
PALOMINAS —Minuteman-style civilian border watchers have become a common sight in Cochise County.

And they are a sight again, as the inaugural operation for the Patriots’ Border Alliance in the border area south of Palominas got under way on Friday.

Some 30 of the alliance’s weekend-long “Operation Gatekeeperâ€

I know Bob, and many others personally. They are in my thoughts this weekend!