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Grim Anniversary: Waco Siege [28 February 1993]
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Posted on 02/28/2008 6:04:08 AM PST by yankeedame

"Waco Siege, a fifty-one-day siege by federal
agents of the Branch Davidian religious group's commune
headquarters outside Waco, Texas, in early 1993. The
siege, which began after a botched and bloody attempt on
28 February 1993 to arrest the group's leader, David
Koresh, on a weapons charge, ended in the deaths of four
federal agents and seventy-eight Branch Davidians. The
stalemate ended when U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno
ordered the use of force on April 19. Soon after federal
agents moved, fire engulfed the compound, killing
seventy-two, provoking controversy over the use of force
in dealing with dissident sects. Although some surviving
members of the sect were acquitted of manslaughter, they
received harsh sentences when convicted on lesser
charges. In August 1999, new documents surfaced
indicating that the FBI had fired three flammable tear
gas canisters during the raid on the compound. Following
a ten-month investigation, Senator John C. Danforth
released a report concluding that although federal
agents had mishandled evidence, they had neither started
the fire nor improperly employed force."

-- US History Encyclopedia: Waco Siege


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; janetreno; secondamendment; waco
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To: napscoordinator
Here's more information about Clive Doyle.

David Koresh & The Cuckoo's Egg

It's a lenghty interview but is full of first-hand information about Doyle's background and his involvement with Mt.C.

161 posted on 02/28/2008 12:35:47 PM PST by Ol' Dan Tucker (After six years of George W. Bush I long for the honesty and sincerity of the Clinton Administration)
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To: DuncanWaring

From the mouths of babes...

Oh, my!


162 posted on 02/28/2008 12:45:17 PM PST by the gillman@blacklagoon.com (The Republican Party must die!)
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To: DuncanWaring

Dude... They actually put that on their website? Sick...


163 posted on 02/28/2008 12:52:52 PM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: napscoordinator
You're quite welcome. And I'll offer a bit of an apology. I'm a bit touchy on this subject. I've done more than just a small amount of research on what happened at Waco as well as at Ruby Ridge.

If you want to learn more about that atrocity I suggest the book "Every Knee Shall Bow". Fascinating reading as to the lengths the Federal government will go when one of it's middle level goons feels the slightest bit challenged by one of us serfs they're supposed to be 'serving'.

L

164 posted on 02/28/2008 1:00:44 PM PST by Lurker (Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
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To: MeekOneGOP

ewwwwww


165 posted on 02/28/2008 4:31:09 PM PST by nicmarlo (A vote for McRino is a false mandate for McShamnesty)
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To: napscoordinator
Did someone just not like these folks or what?

The most plausible theory to me has been that they were just pawns in a drama with higher stakes...

Many in the US were just beginning to emerge from the shock that Bill Clinton was elected President with only 40% of the popular vote, and DESPITE the publication of all of the allegations in the book Slick Willie! They were begining to ask QUESTIONS...

Those 4 BATF agents killed during the initial raid had been assigned to Clinton's security detail during the campaign...they knew ANSWERS to some of those QUESTIONS...and had to be silenced to preserve the Clinton regime.

But the Branch Davidians (offshoot of 7th Day Adventists) turned out (unexpectedly) to have backbone & were willing to stand up for the US Constitution. This presented a serious threat to the Clinton regime and led to their knee-jerk reaction to throw the Constitution out the window and send in US Armed Forces to burn down a church in Texas, killing any women & children inside the church, as necessary.

The best way to save the village was to burn it! Classic thinking leftover from the Vietnam era...

166 posted on 02/28/2008 5:46:22 PM PST by O Neill (Aye, Katie Scarlett, the ONLY thing that lasts is the land...)
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To: the gillman@blacklagoon.com
Wikipedia, the only info source less useful than Katy Couric.

Can you disprove an of the claims in the article I pointed you to? If not, it would certainly seem to be more reliable than someone who claims that Koresh was 'law abiding'.

167 posted on 02/29/2008 6:21:14 AM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: DuncanWaring
Got a more reputable source than Wikipedia?

Haven't bothered to look. I figure it is your turn. . .can you disprove any of the claims in the article? If not, it appears Wiki in this case is more reliable than those who claim Koresh was 'law-abiding'.

168 posted on 02/29/2008 6:22:33 AM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: MEGoody

Prove a negative? Guess again.


169 posted on 02/29/2008 8:03:17 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
Prove a negative? Guess again.

In other words, you cannot point to any articles indicating that these charges were disproved? No court records or transcripts?

Okay, then I have no reason to believe that Koresh was 'law-abiding'.

170 posted on 02/29/2008 8:18:50 AM PST by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Ol' Dan Tucker

Search for Koresh and Mena on these sights:

http://www.mindcontrolforums.com/pro-freedom.co.uk/report_on_waco.html

http://www.rumormillnews.com/wilcher.htm


171 posted on 03/01/2008 4:57:47 PM PST by Sybeck1 (It's truly bad when your Savior in November is Judas Himself.)
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