Waco, Texas

Final Paper. Timothy McVeigh the American Terrorist Kyle Jones English Composition II Instructor John Henson Upper Iowa University 08/15/2015   When most people think of Domestic terrorism one name comes to mind. Timothy McVeigh, who is a well known name and most people, can identify him as the Oklahoma City bomber. He is the man behind the second biggest terrorist attack on American soil to date. The bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma killed 168 people

The Waco Incident My name is Jim, just Jim it’s easier this way, and I was one of the nine survivors in the Waco compound standoff. Before I go into what I think went wrong to our religious sanctuary, let me tell you how I met David and a little about our great deciple.      Back in the early 90’s I had been drumming in a nowhere rock band when I met and befriended David Koresh. I needed some new drum sticks, and on the way to a gig stopped in at a local music shop. Seeing the sticks in my hand

ACTS AGAINST OWN COUNTRY Looking back there happened to be many bombings or domestic terrorism in the 90's decade. At 9:02 a.m. CST, a rental truck filled with explosives is detonated outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was all planned by two former US army soldiers Timothy McVeigh, and Terry Nichols. Approximately, 500 people were injured, 168 people were dead including 19 children who were in the daycare of the building. This bombing shook the whole country

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

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

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

When the Oklahoma City bombing happened, it remained the largest terrorist attack to happen on American soil until the attack on 9/11. On April 19, 1995, a rental truck was loaded up with 4,800 pounds of explosives and detonated just after 9:00 am (Krung, Nixon, & Vincent, 1996). The attack was focused on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. This tragic event killed one hundred sixty-eight people and also injured hundreds more (Nacos, 2016). A dare care facility was

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

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