11th Anniversary Of Fiery End To Davidian Siege

WRAL ^ | 4/19/2004 | AP

[FReepaholic]

11th Anniversary Of Fiery End To Davidian Siege

WACO, Texas -- It was 11 years ago Monday that David Koresh and dozens of his Branch Davidian followers died in a fire outside Waco.

The fire broke out when federal officials tried to end a 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound. That standoff began after a shootout in which four federal agents and three members of the religious sect were killed. The agents were looking for stockpiled automatic weapons and hand grenades.

[FReepaholic]

I was surprised I hadn't seen any posts on this today. I did a ton of searches.

A sad chapter in American history.

Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum

[RightWhale]

That's the day I turned of my TV. I had several TVs, each tuned to different networks. They all got turned off. By no coincidence that is the day Art Bell was first broadcast here. A fair replacement for media TV.

[Viking2002]

Yes, courtesy of that incompetent bulldyke, Janet FrankenReno. An abomination that makes Kent State look like a misunderstanding.

[blackdog]

The four agents who were killed during the event, what were their backgrounds and prior work experience? Is there any truth to the information that they were Clinton's former bodyguards with the Arkansas State Police?

There are way too many Clinton wounds opening up today. It's disgusting.

[coloradan]

Clinton himself mourned their loss and stated they were his bodyguards. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=clinton+bodyguards+conway+lebleu+&btnG=Search

[coloradan]

President Clinton himself revealed that these men had been his bodyguards in a speech on March 18, 1993, before employees of the Treasury Department:

"My prayers and I'm sure yours are still with the families of all four of the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents who were killed in Waco -- Todd McKeehan and Conway Le Bleu of New Orleans; Steve Willis of Houston, and Robert Williams from my hometown of Little Rock. Three of those four were assigned to my security during the course of the primary or general election." ["REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT TO EMPLOYEES OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT," The Cash Room, Treasury Department, March 18, 1993, 11:48 A.M. EST.]

http://www.textfiles.com/conspiracy/kisdeath.txt

[al baby]

This bone head had something to do with waco too

[TMSuchman]

I have always said that janet "the butcher of Waco" reno should be indited on 68 counts of 1st degree murder!

[blackdog]

Now what were the odds of that? Anyone who claims that only conspiracy nuts accuse the Clintons of these things are obtuse.

One year after taking office, the former governor, now President, somehow thru a non-civil service osmosis makes his state trooper bodyguards materialize on the ATF/FBI sans any training period, and those exact four guys are sent onto a rooftop where a few hundred FBI/ATF guns are pointed and those same four are killed by rounds that at least on video seem to be coming from elsewhere than thru the walls, and all four are killed? And nobody knows nothin? And these were the troopers who grew up the ranks by procuring Clinton women, drugs, hookers, and such?

Sheesh!

[blackdog]

So did Sonny Bono........

[blackdog]

That speech is quite eerie in retrospect. I would think as a federal employee, Clinton is saying something far beyond his obvious chosen words. Almost a threat or warning!

[O Neill]

They had served on Slick's security detail during the primaries & general election. Of course, they would have had detailed information re: Gennifer Flowers and the other "bimbo eruptions" that took place during that time period.

The front (metal) door of Mt. Carmel Center has never been found. It would establish beyond doubt who fired first: the Davidians or the BATF agents...

[Syncro]

How true.

It was quite clear his message was the past can be your future if you cross me.

I can just see the tears as he talks about his beloved former bodygaurds...like at the Ron Brown funeral.

[blackdog]

You've gotta give Clinton one thing.......

He knows to make his actions so vile and horrid, that it's the messenger who gets shot.

Who in their right mind would accuse the president of the United States of murder? Nobody of course! Now doing something stupid and explaining it with half truths like iced tea pee breaks, no controlling legal authority, and budhist nuns in philanthropy will get you raked over the coals every time.

Clinton is pure concentrated evil. I suspect Bubba is thru with Hillary and will roll on her too soon. Maybe if we're lucky they'll take each other out in their dance they do so well.

[Swiss]

Didn't they attempt the raid only a couple of days after the first World Trade Center bombing?

Why would the ATF be focusing on some obscure cult in Texas when they should of been focusing on the WTC bombing? Unless (call me a kook) the raid was planned to take media attention off of the Mideast connection of the WTC bombing.

[FReepaholic]

>>...Didn't they attempt the raid only a couple of days after the first World Trade Center bombing?...<<

Yes.

WTC Bombing 1: February 26, 1993
Mt Carmel Church Attacked: February 28, 1993

[gargoyle]

...The coverup continues. Waco, OKC, Dealy Plaza, WMD, They're lying to us! Uppp, sorry, forgot where I was, wrong meeting...

[supercat]

I have always said that janet "the butcher of Waco" reno should be indited on 68 counts of 1st degree murder!

I won't disagree with you there. I'd further suggest the same should be true for many (perhaps all) of the on-scene FBI agents, and that all of the BATF agents on the original raid should be charged with eleven counts of murder.

After all, all of the agents on the initial raid were engaged in a conspiracy to charge into an occupied dwelling without making any effort whatsoever to legitimately serve a search warrant or even make sure anyone had it; because it is foreseeable that home invasion robbery will result in people getting killed, any deaths resulting from such crime should be chargeable as murder against anyone conspiring to commit it.