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...particularly agitated about the conduct of the Federal Government at Waco, Texas, in 1993"--so agitated, in fact, that he had visited the site. Indeed, as more details emerge, April 19--the date of last week's bombing and the anniversary of the apocalyptic fire at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco-has only gained in infamy, intricately bound as it is to the mythologies of homegrown zealots like McVeigh...
...qualify for the Army Special Forces. After he failed to make it, friends say, McVeigh, already a loner, became increasingly frustrated. His politics veered far rightward. He claimed that the Army had implanted a computer chip in his buttocks. He was distraught over the 1993 destruction of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco and, about that time, bought a TEC-9 semiautomatic assault weapon, a gun banned by law last year. Those who knew him in Michigan said McVeigh was always armed. But Linda Haner-Mele, 35, his supervisor at a security company in the Niagara Falls area, where...
...bombing occurred on the second anniversary of the FBI raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, leading some to conclude that supporters of David Koresh's organization might be responsible...
TIME correspondent Edward Barnes reports that the two suspects thought to have rented the truck used in the bombing used a fake South Dakota drivers' license with a birthdate of April 19, 1979 -- the same day as the Branch Davidian disaster in Waco, Tx., as well as the Oklahoma City explosion. "It is hard to overstate the symbolic importance of these guys using that date on the fake ID," Barnes says. "The only mistake on the phony driver's document was the Social Security number." The name on the license was Robert D. Kling of 428 Maple Drive, Omaha...
...theWorld Trade Center attack two years ago. The explosion occurred shortly after 9 a.m. and could be felt as far as 30 miles away. Debris was spread over a wide area of downtown. The explosion came on the second anniversary of the end of thefederal siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas, though it is not yet known whether that fact is relevant. The Murrah building houses the offices of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and there has been speculation that the bombing might be in retaliation for what happened at Waco. Other speculation pegs...