[goat granny]

If I remember correctly, the Fed's wouldn't let the local sheriff be there, he was on good terms with Korash and said he could get the supeona served without a problem...the Feds told him to go take a hike and he was pissed at the way it was handled also....

The rumor that they were molesting the kids was investigated by the local people and it was unfounded...

So the Feds burned them to death to save them from a false rumor, and if I remember someone had a recording of the lead guy heading the operation use the term. "Its showtime guys". Such brave men there are in Federal Law enforcement...also sticking a large automatic gun in a childs face so he could be sent back to cuba.....

And Washington cannot figure out why the citizens don't trust the government....Dense as a box of rocks..

[FTJM]

The feds had an agenda, Wesley Clark planned the operation for crying out loud. He’s the guy who wanted a huge ground invasion of Kosovo.

[OldDeckHand]

"The rumor that they were molesting the kids was investigated by the local people and it was unfounded..."

Absolutely incorrect. In fact, the local authorities that were investigating believed that many of the allegations were indeed true. But, Koresh and his lieutenants kept the investigators from speaking directly to the children, which impaired the investigation.

After the raid, DNA samples were obtained from some of the children that proved conclusively that Koresh himself had molested these young girls (10-14), and that some had given birth to his children - I believe it was around 12 children. Koresh was a practicing pedophile. Of that, there can be no debate.