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To: DavesM who wrote (13233)10/21/2003 2:22:57 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 793658
 
Can they throw a little "Waco" dirt on Clark? I bet they can. Knowing his proclivity for "brownnosing" I bet he was up to his boots in the Waco fiasco. He will only be in major trouble on it if he tries to "coverup."
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Politics: Linking Clark to Waco?


NEWSWEEK

Oct. 27 issue — Right-wing critics of Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark allege he may have played a big role in the fiery 1993 destruction of the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas.

INTERNET POSTINGS AND a recent article in Insight Magazine, published by the Washington Times, claim that the retired general was a senior Army commander at nearby Fort Hood during the Waco operation and had to have been involved in planning for the final assault, which involved the use of military hardware, including Army tanks. (The general’s involvement in Waco has also been questioned by CounterPunch, a left-wing newsletter). Waco is such a touchstone for hard-right elements in George W. Bush’s political base that some GOP activists have also begun to look at the issue. The only official document to surface apparently linking Clark to Waco is a declassified Pentagon report that identifies—by title only—Army brass who provided “training, equipment and material” to law-enforcement agencies for the operation. Among them: the commanding general of the 1st Cavalry Division, who at the time was General Clark. A source familiar with Clark’s military record said that at one point Clark’s outfit was ordered to supply some equipment to the FBI. The Clark campaign denies their man had any direct role in the Waco assault.
—Mark Hosenball
msnbc.com
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