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>> my name is david koresh. >> to his followers, david koresh was a messiah. >> god speaks to me. >> manifestation of god in the flesh. >> we believe this man had the truth. >> but to the u.s. government, david koresh was a threat. >> machine guns and explosive devices. >> in 1993, they went to war in waco. >> this ain't america anymore when the atf has that kind of power. >> it ended in catastrophe. 86 people dead. including at least 24 children. >> there had been nothing like this before. the siege was new and unique in america law enforcement history. >> if you distrust the govern...

>> manifestation of god in the flesh. >> we believe this man had the truth. >> but to the u.s. government, david koresh was a threat. >> machine guns and explosive devices. >> in 1993, they went to war in waco. >> this ain't america anymore when the atf has that kind of power. >> it ended in catastrophe. 86 people dead. including at least 24 children. >> there had been nothing like this before. the siege was new and unique in america law enforcement history. >> if you distrust the government, waco is going to be symbolic to a lot of people of what they really fear. >> i'm talking to ...

apparently have telephone contact with somebody in the compound. >> my name is dave koresh. david koresh. >> to his followers, david koresh was a messiah. >> god speaks to me. >> manifestation of god in the flesh. >> we believed this man had the truth. >> reporter: but to the u.s. government, david koresh was a threat. >> machine guns and explosive devices. >> reporter: in 1993, they went to war in waco. >> this ain't america anymore when the atf has that kind of power. >> reporter: it ended in catastrophe. 86 people dead. including at least 24 children. >> there had been nothing lik...

Davidians' faith and intensifies their distrust. >> it's god who is directing david. >> reporter: ophelia santoya. >> i believe it. >> what do you think is going to happen in the next few days? >> i don't care. >> what do you believe is going to happen? >> what? you guys are going to kill us. >> reporter: koresh himself looks to the old testament prophet nahum, who says, god's enemies will come in chariots with flaming torches. to koresh, the fbi is fulfilling a prophecy. >> the chariots with flaming torches that make noise like thunder. you know, we know what that really is, don't we? tanks. ...

Davidians' faith and intensifies their distrust. >> it's god who is directing david. >> reporter: ophelia santoya. >> i believe it. >> what do you think is going to happen in the next few days? >> i don't care. >> what do you believe is going to happen? >> what? you guys are going to kill us. >> reporter: koresh himself looks to the old testament prophet nahum, who says, god's enemies will come in chariots with flaming torches. to koresh, the fbi is fulfilling a prophecy. >> the chariots with flaming torches that make noise like thunder. you know, we know what that really is, don't we? tanks. ...