From: Gary Hunt at the Outpost of Freedom in Waco, Texas
Date: March 14, 1993On Sunday February 28, 1993
the Bureau or Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms(BATF) began an
assault on the Mt. Carmel Church complex near Waco,
Texas. Alleged by the BATF was that Pastor David Koresh
was in possession of illegal firearms. Armed with both an
arrest warrant and two search warrants, all of which are
currently sealed from public view in the local district
court, the military assault began.
In reflecting back certain comments made by parties
involved (Pastor Koresh, FBI. and BATF), together
generate a vivid picture of the beginning of this event
which should be recorded as very significant in American
history.
Sharon Wheeler, spokesman for BATF, said shortly after
the assault, "We were outgunned! They had weapons
that could penetrate through doors, we did not!"
This past Wednesday, FBI spokesman Bob Ricks said that
at the beginning of this affair Pastor David Koresh had
been seen outside the church complex, at one point he
turned, ran inside, and slammed the door. The people
inside then began firing at the BATF forces.
Fitting the two pieces of the puzzle together a
picture begins to develop by which we can begin to
comprehend the events surrounding the shots heard
"round the world!" BATF says that they could
not shoot through the wooden doors at the church. We are
told that the defenders "opened fire" after
Pastor Koresh ran in and closed the door. We are told
that Pastor Koresh was shot twice -- once in the side and
once in the hand. We know from other government releases
that the exit wound is in the back, meaning Pastor Koresh
was facing the BATF when shot.
With these few statements, a sequence of events is
deduced and can be corroborated by one of the radio
broadcasts made by Pastor Koresh. On a local radio
broadcast, Koresh was heard describing the initial
events. He said that he was outside of the complex
attempting to talk with agents when they began firing at
him. He stated that they fired first. He then ran into
the church and the church members began to defend the
complex.
It appears that all three statements are true and are
mutually supportive of each other only if we recognize
that the statement by Bob Ricks had a significant
omission - that omission was simply the events that
proceeded Pastor Koresh's re-entry into the church.
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