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WACO SIEGE EXPOSED: What REALLY Happened and WHY? 20th anniversary of the Branch Davidians MASSACRE!

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WACO SIEGE EXPOSED: What REALLY Happened and WHY? 20th anniversary of the Branch Davidians MASSACRE! The ground breaking film Waco: A New Revelation is being re-released to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Branch Davidians massacre that happened outside of Waco, Texas. This is the film that triggered a new Special Counsel investigation of the Waco tragedy, and caused the Justice Department and the FBI to reverse their long-held position on Waco. It generated a firestorm of events unprecedented in the history of documentary film making. Learn what really happened and why. http://copsproductions.com/ After six years of painstaking investigation, the complete story of the tragedy near Waco is finally coming to light. ----------------- The Waco siege (sometimes called the "Waco massacre") was a siege of a compound belonging to the religious group Branch Davidians by the United States federal and Texas state law enforcement and military between February 28 and April 19, 1993. The Branch Davidians, a Protestant Christian sect led by David Koresh, lived at Mount Carmel Center ranch in the community of Elk, Texas, nine miles (14 kilometers) east-northeast of Waco. The group was suspected of weapons violations and a search and arrest warrant was obtained. The incident began when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) attempted to raid the ranch. An intense gun battle erupted, resulting in the deaths of four agents and six Branch Davidians. Upon the ATF's failure to raid the compound, a siege was initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the standoff lasting 51 days. Eventually, the FBI launched an assault and initiated a tear gas attack in an attempt to force the Branch Davidians out. During the attack, a fire engulfed Mount Carmel Center and 76 men, women and children, including David Koresh, died. Controversy ensued over the origin of the fire; a government investigation concluded in 2000 that sect members themselves had started the fire at the time of the attack. Timothy McVeigh cited the Waco incident as a primary motivation for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. ----------------------- The possibility of intentional causes is not being ruled out at the chemical fertilizer factory in Texas. Until more is known, the town of West is designated as a crime scene. Given the national mood, there is some unofficial 'reviewing' going on of sinister connections with the past. The explosion came two days before the 20th anniversary of a fire in nearby Waco that engulfed a compound inhabited by the Branch Davidian sect. This ended a siege by federal agents. The Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau had attempted to execute a search warrant at a ranch. A gun battle followed, and then the FBI siege, which went on for 50 days. The death toll was more than 80, after the fire, most of those who died men, women and children in the sect. April 19 was also the date in 1995 of a truck bomb attack that claimed 168 lives at a US government office complex in Oklahoma City. That was the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in American history. More than 600 people were injured. The main author of the crime, Timothy McVeigh, said the Waco deaths were one reason he did it. He was executed in June 2001. Other coincidences between 1993 and 2013 are the strong pressures brought by Democrat presidents to legislate to control fire-arms. Bill Clinton in February 1993 began waging his defence of the Brady Bill against the pro-gun lobby; it was adopted at the end of that year. The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act instituted federal background checks on purchasers. The National Rifle Association fought it, and tried to have it ruled unconstitutional. Twenty years later, opposition to Obama's control campaign has defeated plans to expand background checks to sales made online and at gun shows, and to limit assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. The revived debate had followed the massacre by a gunman in December in Newtown, Connecticut, of 20 children and six adults. Obama said: "This was a pretty shameful day for Washington. But this effort is not over. I want to make it clear to the American people we can still bring about meaningful changes that reduce gun violence." Family members of gun violence victims were barely consolable. A few hours after the failure on Wednesday to muster enough votes in the US Senate, West, Texas, exploded.