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April 19 will forever be a horrible day in the United States that will live in infamy and it should nearly to the extent is December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 as 1- Our own federal government gassed and burned women and children to death and then lied about it all this was seen on national television as the world looked upon horrified This was the Waco Texas murder of the Branch Davidian sect led by David Koresh on April 19, 1993. By Janet Reno and bill Clinton Because of this event, so he stated , two years to...

Children were playing, women were cleaning the kitchen and some men were reading the newspaper that Sunday morning as rain drizzled outside the Branch Davidian compound. Just before 10 a.m., sect leader David Koresh appeared in the cafeteria doorway and said he'd been told someone was coming. "He said, `Everybody stay calm,'" recalled Clive Doyle, who was in the compound. "I could hear him go down the hall and open the door. Then I heard gunfire, shots being fired by the hundreds. I heard him say, `Wait! We've got women and children in here!'" It was Feb. 28, 1993,...

Davidian lawsuit still pursued against U.S. 10 years after standoff, last-ditch appeal for new trial is planned 02/10/2003 Associated Press NEW ORLEANS - It was a brutal and deadly confrontation that transfixed the nation for weeks in the spring of 1993: government agents facing off against a fanatic cult leader and his followers near Waco. Nearly 10 years after the fire that ended the standoff and killed Branch Davidian leader David Koresh and scores of his disciples, survivors and their families are still pursuing claims against the federal government. On Monday, they're scheduled to make a last-ditch effort before...