The Waco siege was a 51-day standoff between the US government and the Branch Davidians (a religious sect led by David Koresh), near Waco, Texas in 1993. The incident resulted in the deaths of many citizens including pregnant women and children. What say you?

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[–]jet199Instigatrix 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Got proof of that?

[–]tomatosplat 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I watched them announce it live on television. They said the CS gas was flammable and they believed it was ignighted by flashbangs used during a wall breach attempt. I was young but I remember the day it happened.

[–]jet199Instigatrix 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Journalists watching from afar making assumptions about what's happening aren't the most accurate source.

The didn't know the place had been doused so they had to guess at why it went up from the little they did know.

[–]tomatosplat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

No, the spokesperson for the ATF and FBI taskforce said it into the microphone bank. Not the news people.

[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=96518&page=1

The grenades "could have" started a fire under the right conditions, not that they were proven to start any fires there.