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41. CRI Newsletter - CRN0054a
were riveted on a small religious sect the branch davidians near (waco), The branch davidians fit all the major characteristics of a cult from
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The Branch Davidians:
Deadly Delusions
by Hank Hanegraaff
an article from the Letter From The President column of the Christian Research Newsletter, Volume 6: Number 2, 1993. The Editor of the Christian Research Newsletter is Ron Rhodes. For 51 days, the eyes of the world were riveted on a small religious sect the Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas as it held off hundreds of federal and state law enforcement personnel. David Koresh, the sect's self-proclaimed Messiah, had declared that God would destroy His enemies and vindicate the group. Instead, at noontime, April 19, 1993, his compound went up in flames killing at last count 77 men, women, and children who had fallen prey to Koresh's cultic pronouncements. Since Koresh and his sect first exploded on the scene, CRI has been besieged by secular television, radio, and newspaper reporters. Among the questions they commonly asked were: What makes a self-proclaimed Messiah like David Koresh tick? Why would nearly one hundred people be willing to entrust virtually every aspect of their lives to such a man? And how can we prevent this kind of tragedy from happening again? These questions are worthy of our focused attention. To answer them, let's begin with a little history. The Branch Davidian cult can be traced back to the Seventh-day Adventists (SDA) a millenarian church that emerged in the 1800s. Two important SDA emphases provided the germ for the later development of the Branch Davidians: (1) an inordinate preoccupation with eschatology or end-time events, and (2) a conviction that its own expression of Christianity was the only one that was valid.

42. Waco Massacre Should Never Have Happened
David Koresh was indeed a religious nut. Handsome, slender, given to verbiage to return to Texas where he joined up with a cult, the branch davidians.
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Waco Massacre Should Never Have Happened
by J. Grant Swank, Jr., Pastor
20 April 2003 David Koresh was indeed a religious nut. Handsome, slender, given to verbiage ad infinitum, Bible pointing, intense eyes. He had the power to grip a soul. He could manipulate an audience, including males.
Koresh, brought up poor, child of a fifteen-year old mother, wandered as a youth. He got hold of a Bible and memorized large parts of it, joining the Seventh Day Adventist Church for awhile. He got in trouble with the youth group, so was kicked out.
He was not born David Koresh. His real name was Vernon Wayne Howell, birthed in Houston in 1959. He never knew his father, reared by his grandparents. Koresh had affairs, one with a self-proclaimed prophetess by the name of Lois Roden. She was in her late sixties. They traveled to the Middle East. When she died, he returned to Texas where he became the chief of the Branch Davidians; he legally changed his name. He considered himself to be the head of the House of David, in line with the biblical ancestry. (Koresh is Hebrew for Cyrus, Persian king who permitted Jews once captive in Babylon to return to Israel). That was April 19, 1993. The FBI formed the rationale, believed by many, leaving others skeptical.

43. Bailey | American Pageant
the leader of a religious cult known as the branch davidians, on charges of Source Events Surrounding the branch Davidian cult Standoff in (waco),
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Events in Waco: House Judiciary Committee Investigation
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Introduction
In February 1993, an agent of the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BAFT) attempted to arrest David Koresh, the leader of a religious cult known as the Branch Davidians, on charges of possessing illegal weapons. The Branch Davidians opened fire, killing four agents and suffering six deaths themselves. Thus began a seven-week standoff between law enforcement officials and members of the cult. On April 19, Janet Rene, the new attorney general, ordered an immediate attack on the Branch Davidian compound. In the ensuing battle the entire compound was set aflame and eighty people died, including twenty-four children. For many Americans, especially those of the political right, the events in Waco became a symbol of government excess and violence. On April 23, 1993, the House Judiciary Committee began an investigation on the Waco encounter.
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  • 44. UExpress.com: Ann Coulter By Ann Coulter -- (09/10/1999) THE FBI'S INCENDIARY LI
    If the branch davidians gassed by the government in (waco), Texas, had been crazyblack the branch davidians were not a deranged religious cult.
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    45. The Waco Scandal Just Won't Go Away -- Phyllis Schlafly September 8, 1999 Column
    The (waco) fire burned up 86 members of a religious cult called branch davidians The branch davidians were arguably acting in selfdefense against the
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    by: Phyllis Schlafly The Waco Scandal Just Won't Go Away
    September 8, 1999 Janet Reno is shocked, shocked to discover that the FBI has been lying for six years about the 1993 Waco debacle. The Waco fire burned up 86 members of a religious cult called Branch Davidians (including 24 children, 17 of whom were younger than age 10), and has kept eight survivors rotting in prison ever since, serving long sentences denounced by the jury that heard the evidence. But it was a career-enhancer for Janet Reno, who at that time was President Clinton's most controversial Cabinet appointment, widely criticized by both right and left. Immediately after the Waco fire, she starred in an Academy Award- worthy performance before a Congressional committee, defending the FBI's actions to the hilt, confidently taking personal responsibility for all of the government's actions, and asserting that she would make the same decisions if she had the chance to do it all over again. Suddenly, the same people who were criticizing her began to praise her. Now, after six years of categorical denials that the FBI fired potentially flammable tear gas canisters at the Branch Davidians on their final day, Janet Reno has ordered the FBI to investigate itself. That's like asking the Clinton White House staff to investigate Bill Clinton's lies about Monica Lewinski.

    46. Branch Davidians, Waco, And The FBI - Religious Cults And Sects
    Research resources on religious cults, sects, and alternative religions BranchDavidians.
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    Introduction Many Branch Davidians, led by David Koresh , died in a controversial, ill-advised U.S. government operation. Several survivors are serving time in prison. Currently, there are a number of Branch Davidian factions , such as the ones led by Clive Doyle and Renos Avraam
    Surviving Branch Davidians have testitied that they considered David Koresh to be God incarnate
    The Branch Davidians are a sect (in the sense of "splinter group") of the Seventh-Day Adventists movement. Theologically, the various Davidian groups, of which Branch Davidians is best known, are considered cults of Christianity
    The Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists are basically Millerites . They are historical and doctrinal descendents of the Seventh-Day Adventist and a break-off group of reformers, the Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists. Source: James Trimm

    47. Religious Cults And Sects - News About Branch Davidians, Waco, And The FBI
    Apologetics research resources on cults, sects, alternative religious movements.
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    About the Branch Davidians, Waco, and the FBI An Apologetics Index research resource
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    More about Branch Davidians Back to A-Z Index About The Color Key Additional Information about Branch Davidians Up-To-Date News About The Branch Davidians Wire Services Reports, newspaper coverage, etcetera November 8, 2000 - Final Report John Danforth's ''Final Report to the Deputy Attorney General'' July 21, 2000 - Interim Report Investigator Absolves U.S. Government in Waco Siege
    ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - An outside investigator on Friday completely absolved Attorney General Janet Reno and the U.S. government of wrongdoing in the 1993 siege and fire at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, saying the group's leaders set the blaze and shot at their own people. ''There is no evidence of any wrongdoing on the part of Attorney General Reno, the present and former director of the FBI, other high officials of the United States or members of the FBI hostage team who fired pyrotechnic tear gas on April 19, 1993,'' former Sen. John Danforth, a Republican from Missouri, told a news conference.
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    48. Religious Movements Homepage: Branch Davidians
    Why (waco)? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America. Armageddon in(waco) Critical Perspective on the branch Davidian Conflict.
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    Branch Davidians
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  • Name: Branch Davidians The Branch Davidians were earlier known as The Shepherds Rod, the Branch Seventh-Day Adventist or Branch SDA's.
  • Founder: Victor Tasho Houteff
  • Date of Birth: March 2, 1885
  • Birth Place: Raikovo, Bulgaria
  • Year Founded:
  • Brief History: Victor Houteff first heard the teachings of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in 1918 at a revival meeting. He soon became an active and committed member. In 1929, he publicly announced his personal interpretation of the Bible which pivots on Micah 6:9 and the phrase "Hear ye the rod." Houteff believed Seventh-Day Adventist doctrines and teachings were inacurate and he called for reform. The church isolated Houteff and his followers with the result that Houteff broke from SDA and founded The Shepherd's Rod. Houteff saw himself as a divine messenger sent by God to reveal the secret information in the scroll mentioned in the Book of Revelation, Chapter 5. The scroll is protected by seven seals and within it reveals the events which are to occur prior to Christ's return and how the world will end. In addition, Houteff believed his task was to assembly a group of 144,000 Christians, as symbolized in the Book of Revelation 7:4. The group would travel to Palestine where they would establish the Davidic kingdom, which would lead to the second coming of Christ and the downfall of Babylon (i.e. the end of the world). Houteff compiled his beliefs in his book "The Shepherd's Rod."
  • 49. Why Waco?: CHAPTER ONE
    Why (waco)? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America The BATFclaims they were ambushed and outgunned by the branch davidians, who had known
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    What Might Have Been
    Waco Tribune Herald had begun to publish a dramatic front-pagese series called "The Sinful Messiah," which alleged that the `cult' and its leader, David Koresh, were guilty of bizarre sexual practices, child abuse, and paramilitary activities.(2) The Waco operation turned out to be one of the most massive and tragic in the history of United States law enforcement. (7) In the initial raid, four BATF agents were killed and twenty wounded, while six Branch Davidians were fatally shot, with four others wounded. (8) The Branch Davidians inside the rambling Mount Carmel complex following the raid numbered approximately 123 persons, including 43 children. They were heavily armed and solidly behind their leader. On April 19, when it all came to a fiery end, 74 Branch Davidians were listed dead, including 21 children under the age of fourteen. (9) In the aftermath BATF director Stephen Higgins and five other high-ranking officials resigned from the agency. (10) On the very evening following the initial Sunday raid by the BATF, Koresh, who had been seriously wounded, spoke several times by live telephone hookup over Dallas radio station KRLD and CNN cable television. Koresh began, in those gripping interviews, the first of hundreds of hours of explanations, based on his understanding of the biblical apocalyptic significance of the situation in which he found himself. His last direct communication with anyone other than government agents was an impromptu conversation with the station manager Charlie Serafin over KRLD radio at 1:50 A.M. the next morning. (11) In those live broadcasts Koresh offered the key to the Branch Davidians' biblical understanding of events. Unfortunately, neither the FBI agents in charge nor the myriad of advisers upon whom they relied could comprehend their perspective.

    50. David Koresh
    In (waco) he became a member of the branch Davidian SeventhDay Adventist have been basically a peaceful schism, as far as your crazy religious cults go.
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    Vernon Wayne Howell was pretty much your average Houston teenager. "Vernie," as the other kids called him, was a dyslexic high school dropout born to an unwed teenaged mother. Pretty typical. In 1979, he went to Hollywood to make it as a rock guitarist, but after only two years gave up and moved to Waco. In Waco he became a member of the Branch Davidian Seventh-Day Adventist religious cult, led by 67-year-old Lois Roden. Vernon enjoyed a sexual relationship with the charismatic senior citizen. When Lois died in 1986, a bitter power struggle ensued between Vernon and Roden's son George. When a majority of congregants sided with George Roden, Vernon's followers were forced off the Mount Carmel complex at gunpoint. They relocated to Palestine, Texas. It seemed to have been basically a peaceful schism, as far as your crazy religious cults go. But truth be told, nobody was all that surprised when Vernon returned to Mount Carmel in 1987 dressed in camoflauge with seven trusted acolytes. They had two shotguns, seven rifles, and 400 rounds of ammo. George Roden wound up with gunshot wounds in his hands and chest. Vernon and his squad were brought up on attempted murder charges, but none were ever convicted. After the trials, Vernon was the undisputed leader of the Branch Davidians, but the whole experience had made him sort of paranoid. It attracted the attention of the

    51. Report: FBI Ignored Advice On Waco Cult
    Report FBI ignored advice on (waco) cult. Claims agency never treated faith seriously 28 raid on the branch Davidian compound, Ammerman said.
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    Report: FBI ignored advice on Waco Cult
    Claims agency never treated faith seriously
    Houston Post/October 16, 1993
    By Steve Brunsman, Post Religion Reporter
    The FBI had internal and outside reports warning that the peculiar religious belief of David Koresh could lead to disaster if traditional hostage situation tactics were used, according to a recent Justice Department report.
    Federal agents, however, ignored that advice during the 51-day Mount Carmel siege, which ended April 19 with a tank-driven tear gas assault and apocalyptic fire that killed 85 people.
    "In all cases, information was taken down, passed along and ignored," said Nancy Ammerman, a well-known Atlanta sociologist [also it seems a cult apologist featured in "Freedom Magazine" a Scientology publication] and one of two religion scholars who reviewed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' and FBI's handling of the Waco standoff.
    The Justice Department and FBI were exonerated of any wrongdoing in last week's report, which blamed Koresh and his followers for settling the final fire and fatal shootings of sect members.
    Ammerman and Harvard University world religion professor Lawrence Sullivan said in separate reports that federal agents failed to understand that Koresh lived in a world framed by the New Testament's allegorical Book of Revelation.

    52. Waco: The Rules Of Engagement - Jet Magazine
    With the recent tragedy near (waco), Texas, in which members of a cult died in whatauthorities And many Blacks are looking at the branch Davidian cult,
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    With the recent tragedy near Waco, Texas, in which members of a cult died in what authorities are calling a massive suicide, Blacks are taking a new look at cults and their danger. More than 80 men, women and children died in the fire which was the final chapter in a 51-day standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidian cult, near Waco, led by David Koresh. There were an estimated 40 Blacks out of 120 members in the Branch Davidian cult, one cult member told Jet, the Blacks were from England, the Caribbean and the U.S. Among the Blacks killed in the fire as Wayne Martin, a 42-year-old lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law School and held a master's degree in library science from Columbia University in New York. He and four of his seven children died in the blaze. His wife and three other children survived only because they left the compound during the early days of the standoff. It is not known how many of the Blacks were still active members and present at the time the cult compound burned.

    53. From The Ashes: Making Sense Of Waco
    Keywords book review, conspiracy, religion, (waco) branch Davidian disaster Texas Chapter 20 The cult Awareness Network Its Role in the (waco) Tragedy
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    Abstract: Commentary and analysis of the Waco Incident from many points of view, ranging from The Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs to Eldridge Cleaver. Keywords: book review, conspiracy, religion, Waco Branch Davidian disaster Texas 1993, FBI, BATF, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, and Tobacco, Janet Reno, Bill Clinton, religions freedom, religious persecution, David Koresh 1959-1993.
    Title: From the Ashes: Making Sense of Waco
    Editor: James R. Lewis
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    Date Published: January 1994
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    CONTENTS
    Introduction: Responses to the Branch Davidian Tragedy
    Introductory Essays
    Chapter 1: The Crime of Piety: Wounded Knee to Waco
    Chapter 2: Misinterpreting Religious Commitment
    Chapter 3: Tailhook and Waco: A Commentary
    Understanding the Branch Davidians
    Chapter 4: The Waco Tragedy: An Autobiographical Account of One Attempt to Avert Disaster
    Chapter 5: The Davidian Dilemma To Obey God or Man?

    54. BRANCH DAVIDIANS (STUDENTS OF THE SEVEN SEALS)
    This essay is an attempt to obtain a balanced review of the (waco) tragedy. The branch davidians is a sect that split away from the SeventhDay Adventist
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    The Branch Davidians is a sect that split away from the Seventh-Day Adventist church. Under their now deceased leader, David Koresh, it became a destructive, doomsday cult . Many of their members died during a standoff with federal authorities in Waco, TX. Fragments of the original group survive. In 1999-AUG, an ex-FBI agent released to the press some long-suppressed information about the use of explosive tear-gas grenades at Waco. An investigation has been ordered. More revelations about what really happened at Waco are expected as time passes.
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    The Branch Davidians today Recent developments Books and Internet sites about Waco
    Originally published: 1995-SEP-28
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    55. BRANCH DAVIDIANS (STUDENTS OF THE SEVEN SEALS)
    on new religious movements with knowledge about destructive cults, bullet,The branch davidians membership generally for staying at (waco) (and
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    What is Known about Waco
    A major tragedy happened at Waco in the Spring of 1993. There is a general consensus that the sequence of events included: The ATF decided to arrest David Koresh on firearms violations. He could have been easily arrested away from the compound while jogging or while visiting Waco. But apparently it was necessary for them to arrest him at the compound near the guns in order to have a chance of winning a court case. A group of 76 armed ATF agents entered the compound on 1993-FEB-28 and attempted to serve a search warrant A shot was heard; it is unclear whether it was an accidental firing by an ATF agent, or an intentional or accidental discharge from within the buildings. In the resultant firefight, 6 Davidians and 4 ATF agents died; at least one Davidian and 24 agents were wounded. The ATF withdrew. The FBI took charge; a 51 day siege followed.

    56. COMPARATIVE
    Why (waco)? Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America, On a scaleof ten for dangerous cults , the branch davidians surely scored nine and a
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    Why Waco?: Cults and the Battle for Religious Freedom in America The disastrous siege at Waco in 1993 now stands as a metaphor for two things. Firstly, in the public mind it represents the inevitable result of the aspirations of a paranoid, religious cult, embracing its treasured 'End-times' theology. Secondly, for those who are more reflective, it has become a by-word for how not to deal with such cults. This book, by James Tabor and Eugene Gallagher, constructively looks at how, both the worldview of the religious group, headed by David Koresh, and the hostile public response, converged to cause the cataclysm. This particular account, moreover, might have a claim to be considered more seriously than the numerous other books on the seige, since Tabor purports to have been a first-hand witness and outlines how he struggled behind the scenes to prevent the tragedy of Waco from happening. In early 1993 the eyes of the USA people were fixed on the confrontation between the so-called Branch Davidians, the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, and the FBI. The violent assault on the Mount Carmel compound, that eventually followed, resulted in the deaths of 74 cult members (21 of them children) and four federal agents. On the second anniversary of the ending of the siege, occurred the terrorist bombing of government buildings in Oklahoma, allegedly by the right-wing libertarian extremist Timothy McVeish. His motive is believed to have been revenge for the Waco incident, and an act of protest against the federal government's infringement of civil, particularly religious, liberties. The siege of Waco then, has far wider implications, many of which are taken on board in this version of events by Tabor and Gallagher.

    57. 'Cult Label Caused Waco Trouble' COPYRIGHT PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE 450 Mission Stre
    28 to the branch Davidian compound in (waco), Texas, We have religion; theyhave a cult. Law enforcement officers have been quick to label as cults
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    58. Utopia 1o
    near (waco) between federal officers and a religious cult headed by David Koreshled who belonged to the branch Davidian religious sect based in (waco),
    http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Publications/Utopia/utopia1o.htm
    Waco An enclopedia describes the famous incident at Waco, Texas this way: "In 1993 a deadly A couple made a documentary film that was nominated for the Oscars that one person described as: "An explosive documentary film. Waco: The Rules of Engagement is the first full length work to present the complete picture of the tragic events outside of Waco, Texas that resulted in the killing of four federal agents and the gassing and fiery deaths of 76 men, women and children of the Branch Davidian religious sect." The movie reviewers Siskel and Ebert praised the film saying: "GENE SISKEL: The Unites States Congress investigates the debacle that four years ago killed 76 men, women, and children who belonged to the Branch Davidian religious sect based in Waco, Texas in a new documentary called "Waco," which clearly attempts to establish that the agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms lied to Congress and the American people, and needlessly harassed and ultimately murdered religious worshippers." "ROGER EBERT: Thumbs way up for me, too. And you know, although it

    59. Christian Teachings: Cults, Brainwashing And Persecution
    The tragedy in (waco), Texas, where the branch Davidian cult perished in a fire News agencies turned repeatedly to the enemies of minority religions for
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    Whackos in Waco
    The tragedy in Waco, Texas, where the Branch Davidian cult perished in a fire after attempts were made to confiscate the stockpile of weapons that they had, refuelled the campaign for one world religion like nothing else since Jonestown. News agencies turned repeatedly to the enemies of minority religions for comments and solutions. "People who claim to be receiving messages from God should be declared legally insane," suggested one such 'expert'. "Anyone wishing to join a cult should be forced to go through a 'cooling off' period controlled by relatives," suggested an anti-cult psychologist. She bragged of a high success rate when families kidnapped new converts to any religion and subjected them to a reverse 'brainwashing' against their will. The cooling off clause is great for people who buy products under pressure and have second thoughts later. But what these people are pushing for is that your family inflict its values and wishes on you (regardless of age) in instances where your choice causes concern or embarrassment to them. Never mind that you've had weeks or even years to change your mind and still do not want to change. These people dismiss your right to make such a decision on the grounds that you are 'brainwashed' and therefore not responsible.

    60. Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Bibliography
    (waco) branch Davidian Disaster, Texas, 1993 CultsTexas(waco). branch davidians -Religious Psychology - CultsUnited StatesPsychology - Psychology
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    BOOKS, (DOCUMENTS, REPORTS, ETC.)
    BAILEY, Brad.; DARDEN, Bob. Mad man in Waco. Waco, TX., U.S.A.: WRS Pub., 1993. xiv+284 p., cover page , ill., 23 cm.
    Koresh, David, 1959-1993 - Branch Davidians - Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Texas, 1993.
    ISBN 1567960278; LC 93029077.
    COLE, Michael D. The siege at Waco: deadly inferno. Springfield, NJ., U.S.A.: Enslow Publishers, (American Disasters)
    Koresh, David, 1959-1993Juvenile Literature - Branch DavidiansJuvenile Literature - Waco Branch Davidian DisasterTexas, 1993United StatesJuvenile Literature.
    ISBN 0766012182; LC 98035033.
    DENNIS, Edward S. G. Evaluation of the handling of the Branch Davidian stand-off in Waco, Texas, February 28 to April 19, 1993, by the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (Final report to the Deputy Attorney General). Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: U.S. Department of Justice, G.P.O., [1993]. i+63 p., 28 cm. United States. Department of JusticeManagementEvaluation - United States. Federal Bureau of InvestigationManagementEvaluation - Waco Branch Davidian Disaster, Texas, 1993 - NegotiationReligious AspectsEvaluation. ISBN 0160429773; LC 94128972.

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