What can you tell me about David Koresh, his following, and what happened at Waco?

Question

I would like to know about their beliefs as well.

Answer 1

He was a cult leader, and the "Branch Davidians" was the group he headed. They had a compound in Waco, and there were questions about what was going on there. Some people thought children were being abused, it was believed they had guns being stored there.

I'm sure you could get accurate details by doing a search, but if I recall correctly a government agent went there to investigate and was shot on the compound. More government agents showed up. Rather than come out David Koresh or someone in the compound set the place on fire. If I recall correctly it was believed he may have killed some of the people (but I'm not sure about that).

Before the fire was set tanks "stormed the compound" (news words) once the stand-off was in progress. This is what triggered Koresh and his followers to set the compound on fire and die in there rather than come out and deal with the government.

Many people in the compound died, including a bunch of children.

If I recall correctly ( say this to cover my own memory) Janet Reno, Attorney General, later said she regretted having sent the tanks to the compound and getting the whole thing aggravated (my words not hers).

Answer 2

He was a wacko cult leader who had a group of followers held up together in a compound in Waco, Texas. The federal government stormed the compound, taking Koresh down fairly unlawfully.l

Answer 3

Aside from what others have posted here, then Bill Clinton's Atty General Janet Reno got blamed for the deaths of the cult followers. It was the opinion of many that she forced the FBI's hand to attack the compound to rescue the children who had allegedly been molested by Koresh. Also, she felt they had a stockpile of weapons that needed to be stopped, and that was another reason they attacked the compound.

Answer 4

The FBI raided the Branch Davidian compound in WACO because of suspected weapons cacheing. The Davidians were preparing for Armaggedon by stockpiling arms. There was a fire,agents got shot, and everyone was killed. A horrible incident, and a STAIN on the FBI for thier handling of the situation.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I know that 17 children died in the fire. i thought the fire was started by storming the compound, but others write that it was started by the cult. i know there was a very long stand-off, days and days, and that the general reaction was to blame the government for the results, but i don't know what else they could have done. the leader was crazy, his followers would do anything he said. they couldn't be reasoned with. they couldn't be left to continue as was, with the guns and the molesting of children by their leader. it was a mess.

Answer 7

goole this "waco rules of engagement" it will give you more of an insiders point of view not the whitewashed version more commonly available