- 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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