Waco Siege

The Waco siege ended 22 years ago in a colossal fire that ended up killed 76 people including two pregnant women and over 20 children. The siege began on February 28, 1993, when the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) attempted to execute a search warrant at Mount Carmel Center ranch, a property held by religious group Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas (leppard, 2013). The government suspected a radical religious leader David Koresh of stock piling firearms and manufacturing drugs. The

The year is 1993, and there had been a deadly fire that consumed the lives of eighty individuals. The fire erupted in Waco, Texas on a compound called Mt. Carmel. There had been a 51 day siege where the ATF and the FBI tried to gain control of the compound and capture the leader, David Koresh. David Koresh was a self-proclaimed prophet and preached a version of Christianity called the Branch Davidians. They were very primitive, in almost all aspects. They had no electronic devices, no plumbing and

for the siege of its Mount Carmel Center compound near Waco, Texas in 1993. Since the siege there has been mass speculation on the final outcome of the conflict and the actions of Federal Agencies responding to the incident to include the ATF, FBI, and Texas National Guard. The siege lasted fifty one days and resulted in the death of the Branch Davidian’s leader, David Koresh, along with eighty two Branch Davidian men, women, and children. Four ATF agents were also killed during the siege in exchanges

terrorism is, “terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people” (the freedictionary.com). McVeigh was a Gulf War veteran who wanted to seek revenge against the federal government for the way the government handled the Waco siege and Ruby Ridge. The Waco siege

press to the possibility of the raid. The narrator in the video also states that “a large successful raid would produce major positive headlines to counter its reputation as a rouge agency whose debacles blackened the reputation of other agencies” (Waco: Rules of Engagement, 39:00). It can be inferred that ATF used excessive and dramatic force to make it seem like they were having a drastic, beneficial impact, and needed additional funding to keep operations like this one

government. First, it was in the summer of 1992 when Randy Weaver a white separatist was engaged in a standoff. The government had suspected Weaver of selling illegal sawed-off shotguns. The siege resulted in the death of Weaver's fourteen-year-old son and his wife. Secondly, in April of 1993, the famous Waco, Texas siege happened. I was not born yet, but I have heard people talk about how sad it was. In April of 1993 federal agents

On February 28, 1993, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) raided the Branch Davidian ranch in Mount Carmel, a rural area near Waco, Texas. The raid resulted in the deaths of four agents and five Davidians. The subsequent 51-day siege ended on April 19 when the compound was completely consumed by fire killing seventy-five men, women, and children, including the leader David Koresh. In 1929, Victor Houteff, a Bulgarian immigrant, claimed that he had a new message for the Seventh Day

because of my breathing problems (Brandes, Heide, Schapiro).” The bomb was set off by Timothy McVeigh, a Persian Gulf Veteran. He was a right wing radical linked to anti-government, white-supremacist, survivalist and militia groups. The events at Waco and Ruby Ridge influenced Timothy McVeigh, prompting him to take action against the United States government (“FBI”, The Oklahoma City Bombing: 20 Years After). Right wing ideology, as in the Turner Diaries, led him

On Feburary 28, 1993, at Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas, agents from the ATF launched a morning raid against the Branch Davidian compound as part of an investigation involving the group and the illegal possession of firearms and explosives. The Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh were a splinter sect of the Seventh-day Adventist. As the agents attempted to breach the complex, gunfire erupted, that begin a fierce bun fight that ultimately left four ATF agents dead and 15 others wounded. The Branch

illegal sawed-off shotguns by the FBI. When the FBI’s came, there was a standoff which killed Weaver, his wife, and his son. This made McVeigh's and the others mad. Their anger against the government quickly escalated when the government handled the Waco siege--a group of Branch Davidian members “were suspected of weapons violations and a search and arrest warrant was obtained by the U.S. federal agency Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).” (serendipity.com) This later failed and the ATF was