Posted on 02/28/2007 3:55:59 AM PST by mainepatsfan
1993 : Federal agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms raid the Branch Davidian cult compound in Waco, Texas, prompting a gun battle in which four agents and six cult members are killed. The federal agents were attempting to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on information that the religious sect was stockpiling weapons. A nearly two-month standoff ensued after the unsuccessful raid.
The roots of the confrontation between the federal government and the Branch Davidians went back 10 years before the Waco siege. In 1983, a young man named Vernon Howell showed up at the Mt. Carmel headquarters of the sect. Lois Roden and her son, George, were competing for leadership of the commune at the time. Lois had an affair with Howell, but died shortly thereafter. George Roden attempted to take charge of Mt. Carmel, but Howell challenged his leadership, claiming that he was the Lamb from Revelation, and that his children would be descended from God.
Roden responded by posing a contest to Howell: Whoever could resurrect an exhumed corpse would prove their worthiness to rule the cult. Howell declined the challenge, going instead to the sheriff to have Roden arrested for illegally digging up a body. When the police wanted no part of it, Howell and Roden ended up in a gunfight that left Roden injured. While Howell was awaiting trial for attempted murder, Roden was jailed for contempt for filing "the most obscene and profane motions that probably have ever been filed in a federal courthouse" in an unrelated case. Howell took over the cult and the Mt. Carmel compound in Roden's absence, and later got a mistrial on the attempted murder charge.
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The massacre of US citizens on US soil was preceded by a visit from First Lady Hillary Clinton to Gov. Ann Richards. Never forget.
we saved those kids from a fate worst than death....religion...the same types of religions that trys to prevent big old skanks like me from having meaningful girl on girl relationships...and makes parents living in the workers paradise of Cuba...want to illegally bring their kids to America...
And took the media along with them as part of "the show".
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When was that?
Wesley Clark provided the heavy armor
I just loved(not!) how they justified killing all those people, by saying that David Koresh was a child molester.
I love my country, but I'm in fear of my government.
In America, the life of a Christian is not worth much, albeit the ones at Waco might be described as wayward ones. But you do kill members of the flock because of the delusions of the shepherd. If that were true, there would be ROP blood all over the place because it does not lack for deluded shepherds.
Hmmm... (See Waco:The Rules Of Engagement).
One day those responsible will be held accountable for their actions.
Wesley Clark -- killing Christians since the 1990s.
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