re waco burning russotto eng umd edu matthew t russotto writes mst zeus tamu edu mitchell s todd writes russotto eng umd edu matthew t russotto writes we re hearing it it sure rings true it s consistent in a way that mass suicide by fire is not this survivor is also saying that they were trapped inside by the damage done by the tanks why is an accidental fire more plausible than a mass suicide considering that the davidians were an apocalyptic cult with a history of armed violence if the fbi has reason to lie about the cause of the fire if it resulted from their own negligence then the bd survivors also have reason to lie if they started the blaze the fbi claims the fire was set simultaneously in three places they claim the building was filled with tear gas electricity was cut off tanks were rolling all around how did the bds co ordinate the setting of the fire it s fairly simple it was decided to burn the place down and more than one agent was dispatched to set the fires in separate parts of the compound i doubt that simultaneously means at the exact same time in this case it likely means close enough together to preclude them from being part of the same fire the fbi claims that men with torches set the fires but haven t released any evidence of this though it seems inconcievable that they don t have any if it was true they might be waiting until the evidence comes in from the site and the investigation is at least well underway all of the bds previous actions were aimed towards their survival not their death the same could be said of jonestown the idea that kerosene lamps would be all over the place with electricity cut off makes sense the idea that ramming tanks into the building would spill them and cause a fire makes sense the possibility that the fbi wouldn t know this is nil it wasn t simple negligence maybe then again i ve been suprised at what folks have missed in the past in similar situations don t jump t oconclusions mitchell s todd mst zeus tamu edu
