I was surprised to learn that it was 16 years ago that the U.S. Government under the command of Bill Clinton and Janet Reno laid seige to a group of people outside of the religious mainstream in Waco, Texas. Wikipedia summarizes it well:
The Waco Siege (also known as the Waco Massacre) began on February 28, 1993 when the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) attempted to execute a search warrant at the Branch Davidian ranch at Mount Carmel, a property located nine miles (14 km) east-northeast of Waco, Texas. An exchange of gunfire resulted in the deaths of four agents and six followers of David Koresh. A subsequent 51-day siege by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ended on April 19 when fire destroyed the compound. Seventy-six people (24 of them British nationals) died in the fire, including 21 children and two pregnant women, along with Davidian leader Vernon Wayne Howell, better known as David Koresh.
Waco: Rules of Engagement was widely heralded with an Emmy Award and an Oscar nomination and is now available on Google Video in two parts:
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Part 2:
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