The Religion and Ethics Report (ABC) : How an FBI stand-off with a cult influenced modern militias

It captivated America and much of the world. In 1993, a 51 day stand-off in Waco, Texas, between the FBI and a religious cult known as the Branch Davidians came, literally, to a fiery end.

The dozens who died would become martyrs — but the followers they inspired were not mainstream Christians.

US author Kevin Cook tells this story, including an intriguing link to Australia, in his recent book Waco Rising: David Koresh, the FBI and the Birth of America’s Modern Militias

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