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April 20, 2006

A Reminder of Yesterday's Anniversiary

(noted by Miss Emily here.) And I'm not talking Lexington-Concord.

6 Branch Davidians to Leave Prison

Thirteen years after the Branch Davidians' armed standoff with federal agents ended in an inferno that killed nearly 80 people, six sect members who were sent to prison are about to be released from custody.

Most of those who will be freed over the next two months escaped from the compound near Waco as it burned to the ground on April 19, 1993 - 51 days after a shootout that erupted when federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents tried to arrest religious leader David Koresh for stockpiling guns and explosives.

Posted by tree hugging sister at April 20, 2006 10:07 AM

Comments

They put people on the wrong side of that issue in prison.

Posted by: Mike Rentner at April 20, 2006 01:20 PM

Er, I meant to say,

The people on the other side should have been put in prison.

Posted by: Mike Rentner at April 20, 2006 01:21 PM

TWICE in ONE day I AGREE WITH YOU?! Head for the fallout shelters, boys!

Posted by: tree hugging sister at April 20, 2006 01:27 PM

Oh, it's more than that. I read everything here. If I don't disagree, generally I don't comment. We almost always agree.

Posted by: Mike Rentner at April 20, 2006 01:51 PM