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 April 19 was a bad day in 1993 and 1995

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PostSubject: April 19 was a bad day in 1993 and 1995   April 19 was a bad day in 1993 and 1995 Icon_minitimeThu Apr 19, 2018 10:12 am
On Monday, April 19, 1993, the Branch Davidian compound outside Waco, Texas, burned to the ground:


Two years later, on Wednesday, April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh blew up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City:

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I think McVeigh intended for his attack to be on the second anniversary of  the end of the Waco siege as that was one of the things he saw as "government tyranny".
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Tommy QTR wrote:
I think McVeigh intended for his attack to be on the second anniversary of  the end of the Waco siege as that was one of the things he saw as "government tyranny".

Didn't he say as much?

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QuestionMark wrote:
Tommy QTR wrote:
I think McVeigh intended for his attack to be on the second anniversary of  the end of the Waco siege as that was one of the things he saw as "government tyranny".

Didn't he say as much?
He said Waco was one of his motives but I don't know if he said anything on why the bombing was on the 19th April.
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Didn't Eric and Dylan originally wanted their rampage to be on April 19th?
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Didn't Eric and Dylan originally wanted their rampage to be on April 19th?

Yep, but the ammo for Eric's guns arrived later than expected.

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Tommy QTR wrote:
I think McVeigh intended for his attack to be on the second anniversary of  the end of the Waco siege as that was one of the things he saw as "government tyranny".
He was obsessed with Waco.
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