Setting Their Sights Higher

A scene from a video on the Hutaree Youtube account
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The Michigan ‘Hutaree’ militia, which was busted over the weekend by the FBI and the local Joint Terrorism Task Force, wasn’t settling for battling the US government.

They were holding out for the battle with Anti-Christ. But, according to the DOJ indictments just released, they seemed to have gotten antsy waiting for him to show up and decided to start by killing a bunch of cops — with a plan seemingly inspired by Sunni insurgents in Iraq.

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