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Chilling last stand of the Branch Davidians is revealed in our final extract of a gripping new book on the Waco massacre
UK Daily Mail ^ | 2/19/2023 | Jeff Guin

Posted on 02/19/2023 6:00:41 AM PST by fruser1

US government agents had been tipped off about the cult by a postal driver alarmed by the number of guns he had been delivering to the group's headquarters.

Special agent Davy Aguilera had concluded that the Branch Davidians had been illegally converting AR-15 rifles from semi-automatic to automatic weapons, without applying for the required licences or paying the taxes due.

Spooked by rumours that cult members were planning a mass suicide at Passover, amid reports of child abuse against under-age girls, ATF agents began in July 1992 to lay the groundwork for the biggest operation in the agency's history.

The ATF agents even tipped off TV reporters, leading to near-disaster when a cameraman who asked a Davidian for directions to the compound let slip that he was in town to film an imminent raid on the cult.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: falseflag; fbi; waco
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To: aspasia

I just remember thinking “no one did anything about the FBI burning up babies and little children.” I’ve never trusted in militias or Qs since. We are on our own.


61 posted on 02/19/2023 5:20:49 PM PST by Cowgirl
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To: fruser1

It wasn’t the massacre that was important, it was the Message.

The medium is the Message.

Massacre was the medium.

The Message was “See what we can do anytime we wish. Be a good citizen or we’ll do it to you.”


62 posted on 02/20/2023 1:19:28 PM PST by Quentin Quarantino (T from Dr.)
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To: Maelstrom

I don’t think I said they did. The govt said they did.


63 posted on 02/20/2023 2:15:53 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: wildcard_redneck

They didn’t pay the tax.
Feds get uppity when they can’t steal what’s their’s./sarc


64 posted on 02/21/2023 12:09:35 AM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Yeah, I understood that...it’s just so tragic, and no accountability.

They lied.
I listened to a UPS driver while I worked there about what happened to initiate the entire debacle. If I recall correctly, the BATF produced BROKEN semi-automatic rifles that were probably being repaired to justify their claim.


65 posted on 02/22/2023 9:40:12 AM PST by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Nope. OKC would have never happened.


66 posted on 02/23/2023 12:58:37 PM PST by Maelstrom (To prevent misinterpretation or abuse of the Constitution:The Bill of Rights limits government power)
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