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- It’s been 25 years to the day since the standoff began between the federal government and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. What began as the longest shoot-out in American law-enforcement history turned into a weeks-long siege that ended 51 days later with 75 people dead, many of them women and children.
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Jan 31, 2018 · It was 25 years ago this spring when the skies 13 miles northeast of Waco, Texas, filled with roaring fire in a government siege gone wrong. When the smoke cleared, more than 70 were dead....
Jan 25, 2023 · In the winter and spring of 1993, more than 80 people, including four federal agents and at least 20 children, died in two violent confrontations between federal law enforcement and the Branch Davidian Christian sect near Waco, Texas. Extremist groups have since cited the assaults as evidence for anti-government conspiracy theories.
Mar 22, 2023 · What erupted with the biggest gunfight in America since the Civil War ended with an inferno-like fire with almost a hundred people dead, and it was all captured on global television.
The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, [7] [8] [9] [10] was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging to the religious cult known as the Branch Davidians, between February 28 and April 19, 1993. [11]
Jan 25, 2023 · This spring will mark the 30th anniversary of the deadly confrontation between federal law enforcement and the Branch Davidian religious sect near Waco, Texas. The two assaults on their compound...
Mar 22, 2023 · The Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, explodes in a burst of flames on April 19, 1993, ending the standoff between cult leader David Koresh and his followers and the FBI.
Apr 19, 2018 · For many on the right, the siege became a symbol of government attacks on religious and civil liberties. On the second anniversary of the fire, Timothy McVeigh planted a bomb at the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people in revenge for the government’s actions.
