Note: Either you requested to receive a subscription to this e-mail, or someone else recommended you to be placed on this list. If you are interested in a free subscription, please e-mail Robalini@aol.com with the subject: I NEED TO KONFORM. (Okay, you can use something else, but it's a cool catch phrase.) Please e-mail me back with subject: CANCEL KONFORMIST if you're not interested in receiving this. Thanks, Robert Sterling. ITEM ONE Date: Sat, 08 Feb, 1997 09:21 PM EDT From: paul watson Rob, Ken is a fellow who had a Dish company south of Dallas and recorded all the network uplink for the whole Waco affair. His tapes were used By Linda Thompson.. Paul Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 12:08:05, -0500 From: MR KEN FAWCETT If no child died on Feb.28- when was the ATF attack? Clearly, Koresh, Snyder, and others conveyed information that children had indeed been injured and or killed. The physical evidence is overwhelming. But there remains a question in my mind to this day as to whether the ATF had actually assaulted the place on Feb. 27. Sound crazy? It came from ATF commander Ted Royster's mouth first. In his first press briefing, on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 28, he began (reading from a prepared statement), "Yesterday's action, I mean today, er. uh it seems like yesterday...." There is much to question about how it would be possible for TV newsmen acting on their own without sattelite-link support, could remain at the site of a two and a half hour "gun battle" that began at approximately 10 AM for the duration, slowly walk out (nearly 2 miles), and have an edited tape of the raid ready to show on Dallas TV at 11:30 AM. Several things about the big lie don't add up! Ken ITEM TWO From: Liberty or Death <ghostpwr@dmi.net> Subject: Waco Film
Subject: Review this review of "WACO: The Rules of Engagement"
Date: Wednesday, January 29, 1997 1:03AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WACO: The Rules of Engagement
Executive Producer Dan Gifford introduces his new documentary, "Waco:
The Rules of Engagement", which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, by
saying words to the effect that "This movie is about looking under rocks
and finding what we never wanted to know." The result is an extremely
disturbing film that should be required viewing for all Americans. "Waco"
is a damning indictment of the BATF, the FBI, and the Congressional
hearings which allegedly investigated the disaster in which four ATF agents
and 76 Branch Davidians were killed.
Gifford and co-executive director Deborah Sommer-Gifford were inspired
to make the film when they were presented with aerial "Forward Looking
Infra-Red" (FLIR) footage taken by FBI surveillance. The FLIR film
provides answers to many of the previously unanswered questions about Waco.
According to Gifford, this film footage had been offered to the major news
networks and was rejected.
The heart and mind of the film come from the never-before released
FLIR footage and home videos made by the Branch Davidians with a
camera given to them by the FBI. Accompanying them is extensive news
footage of the events at Waco, C-SPAN tapes of the Congressional hearings,
transcripts of conversations between the Davidians and negotiators and
interviews with various experts and key participants
in the disaster.
The FLIR photography was taken by FBI planes flying over the Davidian
compound to provide surveillance. The film, which looks like ordinary
black and white film, actually measures heat, not light, and is thus
able to provide a great deal of information about weapons fire as well
as the inferno that destroyed the complex. Interpretation of the film
is provided by an independent company. The FLIR footage shows conclusively
that the FBI did fire on the Davidians despite their claims that "not a
single bullet was ever fired" and that the catastrophic fire was started by
the FBI firing grenades into the building after refilling it with the
deadly and flammable CS powder-methylene chloride mixture. It also provides
strong evidence that the FBI stationed personnel with machine guns outside
the only exit from the building, which if true, indicates that the FBI's
intent was to murder the Davidians, not to "rescue hostages".
The FBI gave the Davidians a video camera and tapes to make videos of
themselves, presumably to help the negotiators understand them better.
These videos were never released because the FBI feared it would generate
too much sympathy for the Davidians and David Koresh. And in fact, the
video does refute the widely-publicized image of Koresh as a crazed,
charismatic and controlling leader, not unlike Charles Manson, and of his
followers as the "wackos from Waco".
While Koresh was certainly not your "average American", he appears
rational, intelligent, and committed to teaching his religious beliefs. His
followers seem to be ordinary people on a spiritual quest, no different
from many I've encountered in my own spiritual seeking.
They did not appear to be brainwashed automatons, or homicidal maniacs.
Many were foreigners and ironically felt they would be safer studying
religion in the United States. While sexual practices outside the norm did
occur, they were consensual. I saw no evidence of child abuse whatever.
Clearly the FBI, aided by the media, demonized the Branch Davidians in an
attempt to dehumanize them. And dehumanization of the enemy is one of the
prerequisites for genocide.
Given that the Congressional committee charged with investigating Waco
had access to all the material presented in this film, the
investigation can only be considered a farce and a travesty. With
rare exceptions, the hearings are shown to be nothing more than a
compilation of lies and perjury combined with a lot of self-serving
political grandstanding. What does stand out, and what gives the
film its name, is that neither the ATF nor the FBI ever had a detailed,
organized plan of attack, that there were never any formal rules of
engagement, and that no contingency plans for failure of the raids,
injuries, fire, or other foreseeable problems were ever made.
While some have commented that the film appears biased against the
government, all the involved agencies were invited to participate, to
be interviewed, and to present their side of the story. They all refused.
And the producers are careful to state that they have no partisan agenda,
that their goal is to reopen debate on Waco. They
appear almost apologetic about the damaging evidence they have collected
and state they wish someone could or would disprove their findings. And
they emphatically do not wish to be associated with "right wing conspiracy
nuts".
It is of course impossible to do justice to a nearly three hour film
in a review. Despite its length, I found it compelling and not at all
boring or dragging. Technically, the visuals are mostly dependent on the
quality of the archival film, although the sound levels could use some
work. The musical score was dramatic and quite effective. The film
includes views of the charred and mutilated bodies of some who died at
Waco, which I found appropriate, but may be too graphic for some.
YOU need to see "Waco: The Rules of Engagement." So does every
American of every political persuasion. For the past four years, "Remember
Waco" has been a rallying cry for the "political right"
and gun owners. In response, they have been laughed at, dismissed,
and even accused of being anti-government terrorists. What this film shows
is human beings being methodically gassed and then burned.
Anyone and everyone who has ever vowed "Never again" needs to
view this film and renew that vow.
This is absolutely not a film to celebrate. There is now evidence
that people within our government are guilty of genocide and crimes against
humanity and that they engaged in a huge cover-up. This
should sadden and sicken each of us, and it should also motivate us
to find ways to prevent such a tragedy from occurring ever again.
If we do not, we become accessories to these crimes.
"Waco" has not yet been accepted for commercial release, although
negotiations are underway. If you want to see this film, if you feel
others should see this film, then you will have to act. Write to
Sundance and thank them for making this film available. (When you consider
who holds the power at Sundance, it IS rather remarkable
that "Waco" was shown.) Encourage them to support its general
release. If you have contacts with any film distribution companies,
ask them to distribute this film. Write letters to the editors of
newspapers and magazines. Tell everyone you know. If there is a
demand, if it appears profitable to distribute this documentary, Hollywood
will most likely cooperate.
Remember that this is NOT about partisan politics, Right vs. Left,
gun rights, or other divisive issues. It is about our unalienable
Constitutional rights to religious freedom, freedom from unreasonable
search and seizure, and above all the freedom not to be murdered by
our own government.
As the Talmud commands: "Thou shalt not stand idly by the blood of thy
brother."
Further information is available at http://www.waco93.com
c 1997, Sarah Thompson, M.D.
Permission to reprint granted as long as no changes are made and full
attribution is given.
Sarah Thompson, M.D.
The Righter
PO Box 271231
Salt Lake City, UT 84127-1231
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