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at 6.05 am. First, the Thompson video shows us a diagram of the time, a good six hours after the beginning of the operation, no compound and the two underground bunkers a few feet away from ATF or FBI agent was shot at. the main building which were accessible through a trapdoor in the Since many of the people who were burned to death in the com- house. It is speculated that many of the Davidians, particularly the — pound were found in the underground bunkers, we have no choice women and children, were spending nights in the bunkers to _ but to assume that they were killed by. the government hours escape the psychological torment aimed at them by their govern- _ before the big fire. They were killed in the bunkers, probably ment, And since the government knew where everyone was in _ between 6.00 and 8.00 am, well before the big fire broke out. that building at all times, what took place next is perhaps too grue- Their murder had to be covered up, for they would not have been some to be true but probably is. killed in the big fire had they been alive before the fire at noon and ~ The first thing we see is a large military tank manoeuvring _ taken refuge in the bunkers. directly over the bunker area at 6.00 am, moving back and forth. What about the CS gas? Was any of it actually pumped into the It is not clear what the tank is doing, but it seems to be destroying _ building, or was the CS gas idea simply invented as a pretext for the building over the trapdoor leading to the bunkers, which would _using the tanks to demolish the buildings? We shall have to wait have made it impossible for anyone to get out. We then see smoke _to hear the testimony of the Davidian survivors who will stand rising out of the ground where the bunkers are located. The _ trial for their ‘crimes’. bunkers are obviously on fire, and the people inside are trapped. But what we then clearly see in the video is the US government They can't get out, and they are being burnt to death. The ATF _ starting the fire at around noon, which reduced the entire com- has blocked their escape. All of this took place early in the pound to ashes. We clearly see a converted tank with a blowtorch assault, six hours before the big conflagration that destroyed the —_ pushing into the building and pulling out. Also, we see two ATF entire complex. agents who probably started fires in the upper levels. One has In fact, we see no evidence of CS gas being pumped into the _leapt down onto a tank, the other we see jumping from the build- building. What we see are 58-ton converted MO tanks with ing, removing fire-repellent clothing and nonchalantly walking extended crane-like arms simply pushing in and destroying the away from the building. Who were those two ATF agents? What building around the bunker entrance area as if to seal it off. The | were they doing on top of the building? Who gave them their big fire is reported to have started at 12.05 pm at the very other _ instructions? Have they been questioned by anyone? Also, who end of the compound. It should be noted that during that entire was driving the tank with the blowtorch? Who gave him his instructions, and what were they? DESTROYING THE EVIDENCE We also know that Koresh made a desperate call for help, but that the ATF prevented any fire-fighting apparatus from getting to the building until it was burnt to the ground. We also know that the ATF pro- ceeded to level everything in sight and destroy any evidence that would have contradicted their story that s| the Branch Davidians had immolated themselves in 4 some sort of apocalyptic mass suicide. The truth is that the government is covering up mass murder by its own agents. The sense of shock one feels after viewing that video is numbing. One asks how could the US gov- emment commit such an atrocity on 85 or so innocent 4 men, women and children, none of whom had been 4 convicted of a crime, and all of whom had been denied and deprived of their basic constitutional right 7 to due process. Apparently, the Constitution no longer means anything to those who rule over us, And the myth that David Koresh and his followers committed mass suicide is still being drummed into the heads of the American people cight months later by the media, despite the existence of the Thompson video and their own video files which contain the 1 same footage. 4 The government hopes that an indifferent and apa- { thetic public will let them get away with the Waco massacre. But what happened in Waco is far worse than what happened at My Lai, for in Viemam our soldiers were fighting a war. There was no war in Waco, only sheer, unadulterated tyranny by a lawless goverment that must be made accountable for its } murderous actions. Some 85 individuals were killed a : a by their govemment at Waco. The American people Photograph of one of the ATF agents during the Waco siege. must not permit the murderers to go unpunished. at 6.05 am. First, the Thompson video shows us a diagram of the compound and the two underground bunkers a few feet away from the main building which were accessible through a trapdoor in the house. It is speculated that many of the Davidians, particularly the women and children, were spending nights in the bunkers to escape the psychological torment aimed at them by their govern- ment. And since the government knew where everyone was in that building at all times, what took place next is perhaps too grue- some to be true but probably is. The first thing we see is a large military tank manoeuvring directly over the bunker area at 6.00 am, moving back and forth. It is not clear what the tank is doing, but it seems to be destroying the building over the trapdoor leading to the bunkers, which would have made it impossible for anyone to get out. We then see smoke rising out of the ground where the bunkers are located. The bunkers are obviously on fire, and the people inside are trapped. They can't get out, and they are being burnt to death. The ATF has blocked their escape. All of this took place early in the assault, six hours before the big conflagration that destroyed the entire complex. In fact, we sce no evidence of CS gas being pumped into the building. What we see are 58-ton converted MO tanks with extended crane-like arms simply pushing in and destroying the building around the bunker entrance area as if to seal it off. The big fire is reported to have started at 12.05 pm at the very other end of the compound. It should be noted that during that entire - 9 JUNE - JULY 1994 18¢NEXUS Photograph of one of the ATF agents during the Waco siege.