While national attention has been focused in recent days on what unsavory activity might be going on inside the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries compound, most of these observers are oblivious to the battle some Fouke, Ark., residents waged with this group the past few years.

More than a few people there believe Alamo was not only trying to win souls in a manner that left them keenly suspicious, but that the group was also trying to take over their town in the process.

These small-town folks were in the trenches, so to speak, while other Alamo detractors were waging a ...

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