- The US military was at Waco
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- General Wesley Clark was involved in the siege and
final assault near Waco, Texas that killed, by a combination of toxic
gas and fire, at least 82 people including some three dozen women,
children and infants. As outlandish as this claim may seem, it's a
reasonable conclusion that can be drawn by any fair minded person who
takes the time to examine the evidence. Further, there is substantial
circumstantial evidence that, Clark, in addition to acting as a tactical
consultant, may, in fact, have been the prime architect and commander of
the entire operation.
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- If this is true, why is it important? First, it
represents a clear violation of US law. The military is banned from
involvement in the enforcement of US civil law except under certain
carefully defined circumstances. The incident at Waco did not come even
close to legally qualifying. Second, it casts light on some of the more
outrageous tactics used in the war against Yugoslavia, in particular the
bombing attacks on Yugoslavian news media, essential life support
services, and on civilians, the latter which were sometimes, but not
always, described as "accidents." Third, President Clinton began the
year with the statement that he is considering a Pentagon proposal to
create a new US military command, commander-in-chief for the defense of
the continental U.S., a first in peace time and an alarming move for
reasons described in "Bombing 'suspended' - and now, the future"
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- http://www.brasscheck.com/yugoslavia/directory/61099a.html
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- One of the officers most likely to receive this
appointment would be, as the result of his "success" in Yugoslavia,
General Wesley K. Clark. Fourth, US military leadership must be well
aware of Clark's role in Waco, yet they have rewarded him with
significant promotions ever since. * The US military was at Waco The
initial reaction of virtually every person who hears about Clark's
involvement in the attack on the Mt. Carmel Center of the Branch
Davidians outside of Waco, Texas is surprise and/or disbelief: "I
thought it was an ATF/FBI operation that went wrong and all the military
did was lend a few tanks."
Let's start by dispelling that myth.
Here is the list of US military personnel and equipment that the US
Justice Department admits were used at Mt. Carmel: "Military Personnel
and Equipment - Personnel Active Duty Personnel - 15 Texas National
Guard Personnel - 13 - Track vehicles Bradley fighting vehicle (OMZ) - 9
Combat Engineer Vehicle (M728) - 5 Tank Retrieval vehicle (M88) - 1
Abrams Tanks (M1A1) - 2 Source: Department of the Treasury, Report of
the Department of the Treasury on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Firearms Investigation of Vernon Wayne Howell also known as David
Koresh, U.S. Government Printing Office, September 1993 If you'd like to
see a photocopy of the original document, See below:
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- The Justice Department list has some very important
deliberate omissions as will become clear later in the section on the
final assault. * The real command structure at Waco Since the recent
bombing campaign against Yugoslavia started, "NATO commanders" (i.e.
General Wesley Clark) have insisted that that NATO, not the UN, would be
the commanding force in Kosovo and everyone else, like the Russians,
would have to submit to NATO orders. Epic ineptitude on Clark's part may
has thwarted NATO's designs, but the lesson is of critical importance
for understanding Waco.
It is this: No military commander "lends"
17 pieces of armor and 15 active service personnel under his command to
anybody, let alone the FBI or any other law enforcement agency,
willingly. The principle is very simple: my men, my arms, my show. In a
lawful operation, the command structure would have been publicly
announced, but since the involvement of the military in Waco was
entirely illegal and indefensible, it was necessary to paint the
situation as an FBI operation. The obviously substantial presence of US
military equipment used in the operation was dismissed as being
equivalent to a "rent a car" service.
The US news media which
received all of its information on Waco by dutifully attending FBI press
conference briefings and then repeating them uncritically swallowed the
"FBI in charge" story hook, line and sinker. Still not convinced Waco
was a military operation? There's more. * The key role of the Fort Hood,
Texas army base The military equipment and personnel used at Waco came
from the US Army base at Ft. Hood,Texas, headquarters of III Corps.
Here's an succinct account of the initial raid that caused the standoff
submitted by David T. Hardy, an attorney who battled to force the
government to release evidence in the case. Take special note of the
passages I've marked with *** "The incident originated in an attempt by
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to serve search and arrest
warrants on a building, known to its residents as Mount Carmel, located
in a rural area a few miles outside of Waco, Texas.
The operation
required mustering approximately a hundred agents (flown in from sites
around the country), and who ***received military training*** at Ft.
Hood. They traveled in a convoy of sixty vehicles and were supported by
three National Guard helicopters and one fixed-wing aircraft, ***with
armored vehicles in reserve***."
http://www.indirect.com/www/dhardy/waco.html The personnel, described as
ATF employees, received military training at Ft. Hood in preparation for
the raid. Why? The reason is that the original charges against the
Branch Davidians included drug violations. On the strength of these
charges - which later were found to be absolutely false - the ATF
qualified to receive military training and other assistance for the
raid.
Given that the training was customized for this particular
raid, the assistance in all likelihood included intelligence support. In
other words, military personnel looked the compound over, drew up attack
plans, created a training program for the ATF agents, and then, one
would assume, were there on the day of the raid - along with the local
news cameras which had been tipped off in advance - to watch the thing
go down. (The Department of Justice reports that the code word used to
launch the raid was "Showtime.") Note too that armored vehicles were
held "in reserve" on the day of the raid as well. There are at least two
published local press photographs that show armored military vehicles at
and on their way to the Mt. Carmel center on the very day of the raid.
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/clark.htm
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- http://www.corvusworld.com/clark.htm
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