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"Captain Hutaree," his wife and two sons planned with other militia members to kill a law enforcement official to draw the officer's colleagues to the funeral, authorities say.

Then, according to an indictment unsealed Monday, the militia planned to attack the funeral procession to kick off its war against the U.S. government.

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Federal prosecutors plan to unseal charges today against members of a self-described Christian militia arrested Saturday and Sunday in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.

At least seven people were taken into custody in raids by an FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force as part of an investigation into an Adrian-based unit of the Hutaree, a group that professes it is training in modern armed combat techniques for a prophesized coming battle with the Antichrist.

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After more than two years, a Mohave County Superior Court judge finally set a trial date in one of two criminal cases filed against Warren Jeffs.

The self-proclaimed prophet of the polygamist polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is serving a 10-year prison sentence after being convicted in Utah in 2007 of two counts of rape as an accomplice.

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On April 17, 1989, five members of the Avery family were shot in the head, executed in a barn in Kirtland, Ohio.

Today, one of the men who helped in the Kirtland Cult Murders is eligible for parole and is expected to be released.

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