From: Gary Hunt at the Outpost of Freedom in Waco, Texas
Date: APRIL 6, 1993 PHONE: (817) 662-2442, ext 223We
have been told over and over how nice the BATF people
were in dealing with the Branch Davidians on February 28,
and since then. So, let's take a little look at what we
have seen, what we have been told by BATF/FBI and what I
have been able to find out from other sources.
Regardless of who fired the first shot, we have been
told that the BATF had instructions to discriminate their
targets. They were supposed to be sure of their target
before firing. This is consistent with government policy
which is to fire only at targets that pose a threat to
the safety of the officers/agents at the scene. It has
become clear that those targets were not necessarily
identified during the fire-fight. I have spoken to
witnesses who have confirmed that what we have seen and
heard on video portions to be true. When we see the
officers behind vehicles, and sporadically begin firing,
if we listen closely we here the word "window"
shouted by one of the officers. It has been confirmed
that when anybody, man, woman or child, got near a window
inside of the complex that they would immediately hear
someone yell "window" and the window would
begin receiving massive amounts of fire from outside.
We also know that a cease fire was called. I have been
told that some of those inside, at first, continued to
fire when they saw agents because the flash-bangs had
affected their hearing. Eventually word got around and
the cease fire became reality. I am not sure about
captives being released. However I have been told that a
number of agents were "trapped" in certain
locations around the complex. When the cease fire began
some were reluctant to leave their cover, and when they
were told that they could leave, then they responded,
"how can I trust you?" They were then told,
"trust us, get out of here". We have again seen
that the Branch Davidians were thoughtful enough to let
those "brave" agents go in and recover the dead
and wounded. Not so for the Davidians. Peter Gent
remained on top of the water tower for six or seven days,
exposed to the weather, until the BATF/FBI allowed, under
careful watch of a sniper, the Branch Davidians to climb
the tower to recover and bury the body.
We are told by FBI how cruel the Branch Davidians were
to "force" older and female members to bury the
body. We are not told that the older and female members
could not possibly have climbed the tower to remove the
body on their shoulders. This appears to be very
consistent with the other efforts of the FBI to paint a
tainted picture of the Church members. Remember, these
were the people that allowed the BATF to come well within
rifle range to recover their dead and wounded.
I have also been told that those inside the complex
can see the sniper who constantly lay in wait. They have
confirmed that there is one behind sandbags by the barn
that they can look right down on. Obviously the Branch
Davidians are not the evil villains that we are led to
believe they are.
Perhaps they are holding the children up as shields to
protect them from those that keep rifles trained on them
day and night. They, however, do not keep rifles trained
on the agents outside.
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