The Soldiers--How Many, and Who? 
". . . federal agents hurry past a wounded officer whose legs protrude from the window of an emergency vehicle." --Dallas Morning News, March 1, 1993. No one treats a wounded man in this way: Experimentation will show this position leaves the buttocks and spine of the patient unsupported, and the window edge cuts off circulation to the lower legs. It looks as though a body was thrown into the front seat of this ambulance in order to hide it. Why is one agent pushing down on the protruding feet?  

A number of US military combat veterans were involved in planning the raid. Of these, we have a few names: William Buford, an Army Special Forces combat veteran, Jerry Petrilli, a Marine Corps combat veteran, and Kenny King, also a Marine Corps combat veteran Treasury Report, pg. 37).

As early as July, 1992 during the Republican Administration of George Bush, BATF agents were receiving secret training for the raid. "Dallas Morning News, March 1, 1993". The site of the training and the identity of the trainers is not revealed.

In mid-February, 1993, Special Forces personnel from Ft. Bragg in NC came to Ft. Hood Texas to train the BATF agents on the Military Operations Urban Training Facility (MOUT) at Ft. Hood (Treasury Report, pg. 73). (See the description of MOUT training in The Los Angeles Times, July 11, 1995).

Who were the soldiers who executed the raid? The organizational affiliation of at least some of these people has not been revealed. The Treasury Reports says 76 ATF agents took part in the February 28 raid (pg. 1), but contemporaneous news reports give the figure as 100. Who were the other 24 "agents?"

Waco researcher and satellite engineer Ken Fawcett captured TV raw footage showing what appeared to be a TV cameraman being physically assaulted by ATF agents on the day of the raid. After Mr. Fawcett circulated the footage, it was revealed that Dan Mulloney, a camera man KWTX, the CBS affiliate in Waco, had been at the scene filming activities that morning, and was assaulted by ATF agents.

When Mr. Mulloney gave his terse testimony at the 1994 San Antonio trial of the Branch Davidians, he revealed that he had been taping footage of agents injured during the raid when ATF agents "among others," set upon him. "Transcript, pg. 3325". Unfortunately, the Branch Davidian defense attorney questioning Mr. Mulloney did not ask which "others." Later, when Mr. Mulloney was asked if he was locating injured ATF agents, Mr. Mulloney replied, "We directed some ATF agents to where a wounded person was, yes." Note that he did used the word "person, " not ATF agent. "Transcript, pg. 3342."

Why would ATF agents "among others" physically attack a TV cameraman taking video pictures of injured ATF agents? Had Mr. Mulloney inadvertently taken footage of some Special Ops commandos at the scene? Recall from The Black Army that "Special Ops Commandos Wear Civilian Disguises" when on secret missions. Recall also from the same exhibit the level of secrecy surrounding Special Ops activities. When Green Beret combat forces were in el Salvador in 1982, a US colonel, videotaped by a TV crew carrying an M-16 rifle, was whisked out of the country before too many questions could be asked ("Lying and Secrecy--Standard Operating Procedure," in The Black Army).

Did Special Ops Take an Active Role in the February 28 Raid?

Even the Department of Justice (Redacted) Report in (Appendix B, pg. 8) admits that 15 active duty military personnel took part in the Waco Holocaust.

Recall that Special Operations (1) conduct illegal operations (2) conduct these illegal operations in secret (3) routinely lie about their activities, and deny involvement (4) conduct these illegal operations under the ruse of training (5) conduct these illegal missions while wearing civilian clothing, and (6) are not opposed to killing civilians.

The direct participation of Special Ops commandos in the February 28, 1993 raid should be considered an open question by all fair minded persons.

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Many people who distrust the mainstream media have turned to alternate news sources, some of which are Internet based.  Unfortunately, many of these alternate sources of news simply promote an alternate series of lies.  These alternate lies are of course dressed up as "exposés."  But you can easily tell the phonies from the real thing.  The information in the Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum is an acid test.

Does your news source promote Mike McNulty's video, Waco: The Rules of Engagement or wring its hands because the Davidian law suit against the government failed?  (See Waco Documentary Is A Hoax! and Waco Suits for Waco Suckers.) Does your alternate news source carry promotional pieces about rebuilding the Davidian church in Waco and mouth nice words about "healing"?  (See The Cover-up Church.)

Remember, since ancient times, inquiries into questionable deaths have started with the bodies of the victims.  If your news source won't give you an honest and full account of the forensic information on Waco, or if it does not have a link to the Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum ... your alternate news has failed a fundamental acid test.   

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