"Armed militia protects its New Orleans neighborhood"

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From the Austin American Statesman:

NEW ORLEANS -- The Algiers Point militia put away its weapons Friday as Army soldiers patrolled the historic neighborhood across the Mississippi River from the French Quarter.

But the band of neighbors who survived Hurricane Katrina and then fought off looters has not disarmed.

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Now, they don't want to leave:

Now the Algiers Point militia has defiantly declared it will not heed any orders for mandatory evacuation.  The relatively elevated neighborhood area is across the Mississippi River from the city's worst flooded areas and has running water, gas and phone service.

"They say they're going to drag us kicking and screaming from our houses.  For what?  To take us to concentration camps where we'll be raped and killed," Ramona Parker said.  "This is supposed to be America.  We're honest citizens.  We're not troublemakers.  We pay our taxes."