The final days of David Koresh. (Branch Davidian cult leader in Waco, Texas) (Cover Story) From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: May 3, 1993| Author: Rainie, Harrison | COPYRIGHT 1993 All rights reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The 51-day siege between Koresh and federal agents ended on Apr 19, 1993, when agents began to ram and gas the compound to evacuate people. Agents say the cultists set the compound on fire and killed children. The attempts to negotiate with Koresh are described.

"I am the lamb," David Koresh proclaimed to the besieged at Ranch Apocalypse. In the farrago of nonsense that he preached, Koresh had distilled his theology to its essence. You are not Branch Davidians, he told his bedrag...