The FBI conducted a raid on a Christian militia group called Hutaree.
Sources have said the FBI was in the second day of raids around the southeastern Michigan city of Adrian that are connected to a militia group, known as the Hutaree, an Adrian-based group whose members describe themselves as Christian soldiers preparing for the arrival and battle with the anti-Christ.
Of course they’re preparing for the anti-christ. What else?
The Hutaree group was turned in by other militia groups in the area.
Lackomar said he heard from other militia members that the FBI targeted the Hutaree after its members made threats of violence against Islamic organizations.
“Last night and into today the FBI conducted a raid against homes belonging to the Hutaree. They are a religious cult. They are not part of our militia community,” he said.
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One of the Hutaree members called a Michigan militia leader for assistance Saturday after federal agents had already began their raid, Lackomar said, but the militia member — who is of Islamic decent and had heard about the threats — declined to offer help. That Michigan militia leader is now working with federal officials to provide information on the Hutaree member for the investigation, Lackomar said Sunday.
Other news stories reported that the Hutaree had pipe bombs and were trying to sell them. The group is fairly ridiculous, check out their MySpace page. Of course, it only takes a few ridiculous people bent on violence to cause a lot of problems for everyone else.
I’m certainly getting that feeling from the 90s, when all these so-called patriot and militia organizations came into existence and mysteriously disappeared when Bush became president. This is one reason why it is so irresponsible and dangerous for Republican leaders to use the paranoid rhetoric they’ve been using. Let’s just hope that we don’t see the tragedies that we saw in the 1990s.