<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Web site told to stop encouraging harassment of Minuteman project </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Associated Press<BR> May. 17, 2005 07:10 AM </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><<A href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0517MinutemanInternet17-ON.html">http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0517MinutemanInternet17-ON.html</A>> </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>An Internet company will force one of its Web site clients to stop encouraging harassment of the Minutemen project that cracks down on illegal immigrants along the Arizona border. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Scottsdale-based Go Daddy Group said the Swarmtheminuteman.com site, which has been on the Web for less than one week, could face being shut down unless it complies. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Swarmtheminutemen.com reportedly is encouraging people to go into the desert border areas to blast their radios or bang pots and pans together in an effort to confuse and harass Minutemen volunteers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Web site also prompts site visitors to engage in activities such as sending repetitive anonymous e-mails and fax messages to the Minutemen, and other ideas to disrupt the project. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Minutemen program has operated in Arizona as a private border enforcement group, relaying information about illegal border crossers to authorities. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dozens of people from across the country went on patrol in April in a display that received international media attention, and project organizers said smaller operations were still continuing. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>More than 60 Minuteman volunteers went back on patrol last weekend between Miller and Ash canyons and helped in the capture of 17 illegal immigrants Saturday night. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gary Cole, operations manager for the Minutemen, said the organization has filed a complaint with the FBI about the web site but interference with border patrolling has been a minor annoyance so far. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"We ran an operation this weekend, a very successful one," Cole said.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>[The actual web site is swarmtheminutemen.com. SR]</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from <A href="http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm">http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>