Domestic TERRORIST GROUP
PROFILES
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Branch Dividians (BD)
Thought to be disbanded
From: Domestic Terror: What It Holds For The New
Millennium, an original report from MILNET at http://www.milnet.com/milnet/domestic/Dom-Terror.htlm
Description
Highly militant, religious cult, anti-government. Founded by Stephen
Howard, a.k.a. David Koresh, a self styled messiah based very loosely on
some of the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latter Day
Saints. To protect themselves against government agents, the group
collected semi-automatic weapons and kits to convert to automatic fire
as well as arson devices and ammunition.
Activities
When ATF agents attempted to arrest the leaders in Waco, Texas for illegal
weapons charges and child endangerment, four agents were killed and 15
others wounded. A second attempt a few months later on April 19,
1993, led by FBI agents at the permission of U.S. Attorney General Janet
Reno, resulted in another firefight. Eventually during the battle,
fires broke out in the rickety structures and the remaining 70 cult members
and Koresh were consumed by fire. Radical militia groups throughout
the U.S. cite this as a day of infamy, and bomber Timoty McVeigh timed
his bomb to bring down the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
on the anniversay of the "Waco Texas Massacre".
Strength
Thought to be disbanded
Location/Area of Operation
Texas and perhaps Utah
External Aid
Covert donations.
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Created: 3/01
Last Updated: 3/01
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