Ex-Members of U.S. Military Were Members of Hutaree Militia Extremist Group

[LiberalNation]

no suprise and conservatives screamed about the report of us troops coming home to be right wing extremists.

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/decla...ist-group.aspx

Federal investigators have discovered that two members of the extremist Michigan-based Hutaree militia group charged with plotting to assassinate law-enforcement officers are former U.S. military servicemen, including a Marine Corps corporal who was a Persian Gulf War veteran and decorated expert rifleman.

Among those charged in the Hutaree case and accused of "seditious" conspiracy to wage war is Michael David Meeks. An FBI official told NEWSWEEK that Meeks is a former Marine. Marine Corps records reviewed by NEWSWEEK show Meeks served in the Marines between 1988 and 1992 and was a rifle expert based at Camp Pendleton. The records show he received, among other decorations, a Kuwait Liberation Medal that was awarded to veterans of the Persian Gulf War.

His lawyer did not return a request for comment.

Another Hutaree member charged in the case was Kristopher Tyler Sickles, who enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 2007 and was discharged in October of that year after being absent without leave, according to Army records. His lawyer also did not return a call seeking comment. Sickles was identified as the creator of a violent video mimicking jihadist beheadings that was on YouTube but has been removed.

The particular concern raised by military members among extremist groups is that former service members, including disgruntled veterans from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, may be helping to train extremists in firearms and military tactics, according to Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups. In the Hutaree case, the federal indictment charges that, as part of their plans to spark an "uprising" against the U.S. government, group members engaged "in military-style training" that included "firearms and explosives training, weapons proficiency drills, patrolling and reconnaissance exercises, close quarter battle drills" as well as "preparing defensive fighting positions" and "ambush kill zones." .......

[Noir]

Let not a few idiots tarnish the rest.

[Nukeman]

no suprise and conservatives screamed about the report of us troops coming home to be right wing extremists.

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LN are you going to tell me you are really this stupid.

Go to ANY organization be it peaceful or other and you will have former military personnel in it. Just from the sheer numbers of former soldiers your going to have some in EVERYTHING!!!

We have a ALL VOLUNTEER army that is made up of *** gasp **** citizens and when they get out they do WHAT THEY WANT.

For someone who wants the military to pay for her college you have NO freaking loyalty or honor in your body. You bash it at every turn and insult the men/women who have gone before you.

You should really get your head around this BEFORE you enlist. The thing that makes me sick about you, is your going to get a full ride and give them some of your time when someone else who ACTUALLY cares and wants to be there will not get a appointment because of YOU. You seem to HATE everything they stand for and do yet your willing to USE them like a dirty whore for your betterment...... I hope they figure out what a piece of work they have let in before its too late...

[LiberalNation]

Returning veterans possess combat skills and experience that are attractive to rightwing extremists. DHS/I&A is concerned that rightwing
extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to
boost their violent capabilities.

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[Nukeman]

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And your point!!!!!!!!!!!!

Businesses will recruit ex military personnel for their leadership qualities!!! So what exactly is our point!!!!!!!!

No matter what organization your talking about they will RECRUIT what will help them. Personally this DHS/I&A report is mostly just scare mongering and targeting of specific political affiliation.. If you think otherwise your "so called" education to date is sorely lacking and in desperate need of furthering!!!!! If that is possible!!!!!!!!

[darin]

They were probably Former members of Public Schools, too! Where's the OUTRAGE??

[LiberalNation]

most school teachers are liberal, and nuke the military will get as much out of me as I to them. They need nurses bad.

[SassyLady]

most school teachers are liberal, and nuke the military will get as much out of me as I to them. They need nurses bad.

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