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WESLEY CLARK: THE "BUTCHER OF WACO"
WESLEY CLARK: THE "BUTCHER OF WACO"
ARE WE SURE WE WANT WESLEY CLARK AS OUR NEXT COMMANER IN CHIEF?????
PLEASE READ BELOW
The US military was at Waco
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.
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"
sscheck.com/yugoslavia/directory/61099a.html
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:
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 wasentirely
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***."
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.
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