-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=1999/10/10/125057">NewsMa x.com: America's News Page</A> With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff For the story behind the story... Sunday October 10, 1:42 PM Waco's Entrails Despite congressional lethargy and a special prosecutor whose chief mission seems to be to delay the fact-finding process, the truth about Waco is gradually emerging. The leading investigative journalist on the 1993 massacre continues to be The Dallas Morning News' Lee Hancock, whose stunning reports can be found regularly on NewsMax.com's main news page. But significant details are emerging in other venues. James Ridgeway, reporting for New York's Village Voice, covered new evidence this week about the presence of foreign military personnel during the 51-day siege at Mt. Carmel: "The Army's Delta Force and the Navy Seals weren't the only observers at Waco, which, as details spill out, looks more and more like a training op for the international commando set. Among others present were representatives of Britain's elite Special Air Services, infamous for its counterinsurgency operations in Northern Ireland." Ridgeway sources a report in the Irish Echo, which unearthed a July 31, 1996, letter from the FBI to Sen. Charles Robb. The letter states in part: "... two SAS soldiers visiting at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, requested and were granted a courtesy visit. The main purpose ... was to experience how the FBI operated its command post. They were shown the relationship of the FBI's command post to the tactical operations center, were allowed a visit to the forward tactical area, and were provided generic briefings regarding the incident. Although the HRT [Hostage Rescue Team] had tactical interface with the SAS during routine practice and training, at no time was the SAS called upon to participate in ... the siege." In his dissent to the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee's 1996 report on Waco, Rep. Bob Barr apparently alluded to the SAS's presence, complaining: "I seriously question the role of military officers being involved in strategy sessions as on-site 'observers,' the presence of foreign military personnel and the use of military equipment such as armored vehicles." On Friday, The Dallas Morning News examined other evidence central to the government's claim that the Davidians started the fire: recordings from FBI listening devices evidently planted within the Mt. Carmel compound. (The government won't reveal exactly how they managed to bug the Davidians.) The FBI's tear gas attack began at 6 a.m. on the final day of the siege. Minutes later, FBI sound equipment recorded church members talking about pouring fuel. The Clinton administration has long maintained that Waco's fatal fire came as a horrific surprise. But the recordings suggest that some Davidians were planning to torch the compound up to six hours before the fire erupted. The FBI says that the key warning only became clear after their recordings were enhanced. But reporter Hancock notes, "FBI agents have never fully explained why the bureau, before the April 19th assault, called Parkland Hospital in Dallas to ask how many beds its burn unit had available." Last month, Inside Cover featured a transcript of an April 19 Dallas TV interview with a Parkland nurse administrator who said the FBI put the hospital on alert at 6:11 a.m. that day, nearly six hours before Waco's flames erupted. (See: FBI Alerted Dallas Hospital Hours Before Waco Fire.) If the FBI didn't understand the fire warnings apparent on their own surveillance tapes until those tapes were enhanced, then why the calls to Parkland on April 19? According to the Morning News, FBI logs show that agents "issued a 911 call" to local firefighters at 12:13 p.m., just six minutes after it became apparent the compound was burning. But Inside Cover has been told that a Davidian relative watching from a distance grew increasingly anxious as the conflagration spread without any response from the local fire department. Ten frightening minutes passed. Finally, the relative personally called Bellmead Fire Station. Their answer? Bellmead's dispatcher allegedly told the relative that his unit had been explicitly ordered by the FBI not to respond to the inferno. Only after the panicked relative contacted Waco's Sheriff Harwell, who immediately interceded, were Bellmead firetrucks ordered to the scene. The congressional testimony of Jeffrey Jamar, the FBI's Waco field commander, lends support to the above account -- and contradicts bureau logs indicating that fire equipment was summoned promptly: "When the fire did start and the firetrucks did arrive, I didn't let them in. I held them at the checkpoint. Because I didn't want the firemen to drive into gunfire. I just wasn't going to permit it. It's a terrible thing; a very terrible decision to have to make. But I didn't hesitate. It took me two seconds to make [that decision]. But we held the firetrucks. So that was our fire plan." (Jamar's testimony as presented in the 1997 documentary Waco: Rules of Engagement.) Inside Cover Stories DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! 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