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The Truth Behind Waco full auto MPS machine pistols (NOT ¢ BATF had no clue as to the internal equipped with the more common three- layout of the compound and had practised round burst mode trigger) loaded with the assault on a mockup that bore no Cyclone ammo designed specifically to resemblance to the actual compound. defeat body armour. Recall the BATF * Contrary to BATF claims that Koresh claimed they were “outgunned” and did could not be captured outside the com- not have machine guns. pound because he had been holed up for * Many of the casualties were from weeks, multiple witnesses confirm he was friendly fire, both from the ground and in town as recently as four days before the from the air. One of the Cyclone armour- assault. Witnesses include a store owner piercing bullets was removed from one of providing receipts containing Koresh's the BATF casualties. signature, a doctor who had treated him + The first firing was from the heli- for back pain and a bar manager who saw copters even before the cattle trailers him eating lunch and having a beer. arrived on the scene. One helicopter had + Radio communications were in the already taken hits and autorotated down ‘clear and used commercial radios. before the ground assault started. Several local reporters recorded BATF + The first firing from the ground was communications from scanners including Agent Steve Willis's firing on Koresh as BATF agents talking in plain language he opened the door in response to BATF about the pending assault. One can orders. assume Koresh had a scanner. nation to what is horribly wrong in this country. A voice of unity is being heard, growing louder each day. We have seen our leaders on the televi- sion, lying to us with straight faces, offer- ing justifications for this carnage, as if there could ever be any possible moral explanation or excuse that could be enough. That the people offering these excuses are morally bankrupt and corrupt, should be obvious. A simple “We're sorry” would at least show a glimmer of common decency and humanity, but those words have never crossed any of their lips. So, America, we have cold-blooded killers running our country. Isn't it about time you put down your beer, get up off the sofa, and do something about it? Among the government lies refuted: + In response to Gov. Richards' accusa- * Contrary to BATF's stated concem + Agent Steve Willis, in one of the cat- tion, the BATF has admitted lying to the for the children and women, agents fired tle trucks, was assigned to kill Koresh at Texas National Guard and the Governors wildly into the building, often being seen the beginning the assault. He partially office, saying drug trafficking was sus- on the videotape crouching behind cover, missed. He was killed during the fire- pected in the compound. Drug interdic- holding machine guns over their heads fight. tion is the only legal basis the BATF had and ‘spraying’ the building with bullets. + Several agents were equipped with _ to use National Guard resources. oo ¢ Contrary to BATF's stated concern for the children and women, agents fired wildly into the building, often being seen on the videotape crouching behind cover, holding machine guns over their heads and ‘spraying’ the building with bullets. “ 68¢NEXUS Continued from page 35 AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1993