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
I’d forgotten that this is one of H!’s “accomplishments”.
Why stage a gas attack on a windy day? Hmmm?
I know I’m getting older but 1993 doesn’t seem like that long ago.
Because the fire spreads better.
Especially when you vent the structure by knocking holes in key places.
Shall we say, it made for very interesting reading.
Bubba’s crowning achievement against “terrorism”.
The most ironic feature of this whole thing was the horrific revelation that the leader, David Koresh, was having sex with the younger female members of the klan. IMAGINE THAT!
I never realized that the first WTC bombing and the Waco siege were just two days apart.
This massacre should have never happened.
Looks like changing the occupant of the White House really didn't do us a lot of good. Looking at our options for November, it doesn't look good looking forward either...
Minigunning the roof kind of helped the ventilation too.
More things happened at Waco and more parties were involved than we’ll probably ever know. May all the innocents who perished there rest in peace.
And refresh our memory, who provided it? In violation of what cherished principle in American law?
Grim statistic: Clinton pick Janet Reno was the worst and most corrupt AG in American history.
Still makes me sick that the criminals with badges who perpetrated this are still roaming around free.
Many other cars were pulling off the road and stopping, too. It was probably the saddest moment of my life--knowing what our government was doing to these American citizens.
Is it generally available anywhere?
So its gun charges now.
What happened to illegal drug manufacturing and child abuse?
Then quickly destroyed all physical evidence.
Tossed out of court. Zero evidence of either. One of the "child brides" later was found to have been lying during initial testimony.
They were religious nuts and that was about it. Everything else was above board. For daring to think they could live their lives as they saw fit, the government killed them.
Same government we have today. EXACT same government. It's only a matter of time before it happens again...
Just curious.
Grim??? That situation did not have to happen if David Wacko did not cause it in the first place.
What did David “Wacko” (sic) do to cause it in the first place?
Grim statistic: Clinton pick Janet Reno was the worst and most corrupt AG in American history.
Most people here have been saying Alberto Gonzales was...who is right? Who is wrong? I really could care less personally as I am glad both are gone.
I remember you.
You’re the guy who loves the idea of using the brute force of government to take money from some people to give to other people.
He has only murdered one woman holding a baby?
Still, more than most of us.
How many people did Alberto Gonzales burn alive?
How many people did Alberto Gonzales send back to Cuba to a life of slavery?
I never really blamed the government for this. How long did we request for them to leave and they didn’t? We did not know if they had bombs and stuff of that nature. I think the government did the best it could with the information given. I guess I was too young to care or fully understand but I do know that they were given ample time to rectify the situation and they did not.
Part of Clinton's 'wag the dog' distraction policy from his failure to recognize and fight the WOT.
Why should the Davidians leave? They hadn't done anything wrong.
We did not know if they had bombs and stuff of that nature?
That justifies killing them all, machine-gunning anyone who tried to get out of the back of the building on April 19?
You may have been too young to fully understand 15 years ago, but you're not too young now.
These were law-abiding American citizens MURDERED BY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT.
I never realized that Slick Willie needed a military media diversion so soon after he took office.
Then you weren't paying attention...
I would be willing to rip the tape to mpg and post it on YouTube if is anybody is interested.
Da Komrade Я с вами. If that Wacko had not wanted to start a weird church and if he had either a lot more followers or a lot fewer followers then none of this would have happened. The nerve of that guy wanting to do something different. Well we showed him didn't we? Who the hell did he think he was trying to worship in a non-approved way?
The shame of it all is that if they wanted to just arrest David Koresh this could have all been avoided. They are the ones that thought he was a whacko and knew the compound had weapons. They also knew he took regular trips to town.
Instead of inflaming the situation, why did they not simply arrest him in town on one of his visits? These bozos at the ATF wanted a confrontation, but they got more than they bargained for.
Gen Wesley Clarke wasn’t it ?
If they wanted to just arrest David Koresh they could have easily done that while he was in Waco.
Why did ATF bring a media bus to the compound the day they first showed up with the jack booted thugs?
Why did ATF bring a media bus to the compound the day they first showed up with the jack booted thugs?
Good question. Obviously I don’t know but I really didn’t think it made much impact on my life. I was annoyed it was on all the time and those people refused to come out of the building. It interrupted quite a few tv shows during that time. If I was in that building, I would have gone out and answer their questions. What were they hiding?????
Dawg-gone it! Ah shoulda known a site like that would
Red-X their pics if posted off site! :(
http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/3000/Janet-Reno—3291.jpg
There it is. Sorry ‘bout that.
Sad to say, when it happened I must admit I believed a lot of the lies put out about how/why the incident occured.
After watching the incredible documentary Waco: Rules of Engagement, it became clear the the government’s story was built on one huge lie after another. They murdered those people in cold blood. Justice was never served against any of the murderers.
That documentary should be required viewing for every American as a wake-up call of what the U.S. government is capable of.
You need to educate yourself first, then post.....otherwise you only make a fool out of yourself.
They never produced a warrant that day.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/901664/posts
Appointment with The Apocalypse- the Waco Files
various FR links | 04-28-03 | The Heavy Equipment Guy
Janet Reno is the Child Snatcher of the Millennium.
http://www.familyrightsassociation.com/educate/reno/index.html
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