You’ve probably heard by now about the “militia” in Michigan whose members have been indicted on charges related to an alleged plan to attack police. If not, here’s some background:

Nine members of the Christian militia group Hutaree have been indicted on multiple charges involving an alleged plot to attack police, including seditious conspiracy and attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. Attorney in Michigan announced this morning.

“Six Michigan residents, along with two residents of Ohio and a resident of Indiana, were indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit on charges of seditious conspiracy, attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, teaching the use of explosive materials, and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence,” according to the government’s press release, which you can read in full below.

By the way, I like how the word “Christian” is front and center but it’s a rarity when “Islam” is mentioned in the same article as news of terror attacks. Apparently linking Christianity to terrorism is more acceptable to the PC crowd than linking Islam to the same. But I digress…

As Ann Althouse points out, the government press release actually states the following:

The indictment further alleges that the Hutaree planned to kill an unidentified member of local law enforcement and then attack the law enforcement officers who gather in Michigan for the funeral. According to the plan, the Hutaree would attack law enforcement vehicles during the funeral procession with Improvised Explosive Devices with Explosively Formed Projectiles, which, according to the indictment, constitute weapons of mass destruction.

Wait. So improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are, according to the government, weapons of mass destruction? Holy crap, we hit the motherload in Iraq! There were car bombs and IEDs every which direction, complete with EFPs. Here’s a picture of a Humvee destroyed by the latter.

Of course, the point here is the ridiculousness of the classification of IEDs as “weapons of mass destruction”. The former may sadly wreak havoc and destruction, but the latter seems to be an entirely different category than one occupied by car bombs and explosive packages with nails and metal shards.

This seems like an attempt to be able to claim that we shouldn’t be worried about Islamic terrorism when we have “Christian militias” in our own country with “weapons of mass destruction”. We need to concentrate on the Christians with WMDs!