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The Children Had No Choice // Koresh Controlled Lives, Deaths
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WACO, Texas They were the innocents. Trapped inside the prairie
compound's pink walls, they had no voices, no recourse, no protector.
Twenty-four children, some of them just babies, had the hour of
their deaths dictated by David Koresh, the religious zealot who was
father to many of them and who controlled every aspect of their
lives.
These children, none older than 10, "were absolutely under his
control," FBI Special Agent Jeff Jamar said Tuesday in Waco. "Once
he decided t...
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FBI: Cult let children `go up in flames'
The Boston Globe
; WACO, Texas -- They were the innocents. Trapped inside the prairie compound's pink walls, they had no voices, no recourse, no protector. Seventeen young children, some of them just babies, apparently had the hour of their deaths dictated by David Koresh, the religious zealot who was father to many
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Waco Cult's Children Describe Beatings, Lectures, War Games
The Washington Post
; ... of psychiatry at Texas Children's Hospital, who headed the team of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers. But at a news conference today, Perry stopped short of corroborating statements by President Clinton and Attorney General Janet Reno that the ...
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Families Plead in Court for Custody Of Children Released by Texas Cult
The Washington Post
; One works for a London department store, and another is a retired Hawaii building inspector. A third is an Air Force sergeant. None seemed to understand today what force brought children, siblings or former wives to the besieged, fortified compound of the Branch Davidians religious sect. All they
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12 Children Of Koresh Said To Die in Fire; Cult Survivors Tell Of Leader's Liaisons
The Washington Post
; Women who had sons by cult leader David Koresh say he fathered 12 of the 17 children who died when fire swept through Koresh's Branch Davidian compound last spring. Children ranging in age from 1 to 4 were born to six cult members other than Koresh's wife, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported Sunday.
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Women tell of Koresh offspring
The Boston Globe
; WACO, Texas -- Women who had sons by cult leader David Koresh say he fathered 12 of the 17 children who died when fire swept through Koresh's Branch Davidian compound last spring. The children ranged in age from 1 to 4 and were born to six cult members other than Koresh's wife, the Waco
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