Can You Spell - WACO or ELDORADO

By Kenneth Howard Smith

DENVER, CO(IFS)- I don't condone any of this. But what I condone is justice and the right to choose. Let's see, in Waco, TX, the children were being starved to death, there wasn't enough food, according to Janet Reno and her young guns. Today, it's Eldorado, TX. The excuse this time, is a 16 year old girl that's called "twice", but can't be found? This case really stinks -- really bad?

After watching the "6 O'Clock" News, again I was brainwashed by the media that happens to report on the same thing at the very same time. How do they know? Sandra C. Joseph would ask. Well Sandra, it's like this, I have been expecting the State of Texas to have flown this "16 year old" girl into the state. You know, an actress to play the part, but can never get any credit. It's about the same change that Mr. Bush has had to fly into Iraq those WMD's - on a C-130. It's only a matter of time that this "girl' that was used to ignite this powder dump will come forth - even if you have to invent her.

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'Busload' Of Children Removed From Polygamist Compound After Sex Abuse Report
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Written by: Doug G. Ware
Email: dware@kutv2.com
Last Update: 4/04 3:45 pm
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Polygamous Compound 'Raided' By Authorities
Members of the Texas Rangers law enforcement agency arrive at a polygamous compound in Texas used by the FLDS church. April 4, 2008.
Members of the Texas Rangers law enforcement agency arrive at a polygamous compound in Texas used by the FLDS church. April 4, 2008.
EL DORADO, Tex. - Texas authorities removed several children on Friday from a polygamous compound that was essentially built by Warren Jeffs -- after raiding the large building with search warrants in-hand.

Local police, along with Texas State troopers and the Texas Rangers sealed off the compound on Thursday night -- after receiving a complaint from a runaway that children inside were being sexually abused. Officials did not let anyone go in or out, and didn't even let airplanes or helicopters fly overhead.

Friday afternoon, Texas state troopers escorted a bus from the compound which contained several children -- but mostly girls, state child welfare officials said. Officials did not immediately say whether the children taken away had been abused.

The compound was purchased by Jeffs' Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) four years ago as a retreat for followers of the faith. It is said that Jeffs himself even spent some time at the compound in the past.

The compound, called the "Yearning For Zion Ranch," has approximately 150 people living inside -- all of whom presumably are believers in the FLDS faith. It is located approximately 150 miles northwest of San Antonio.

Jeffs, who was arrested in August 2007 on child rape-related charges, was once -- and might still be -- considered the FLDS church's prophet.
The "Yearning For Zion" ranch is a retreat for followers of the FLDS faith located in El Dorado, Tex. (Photo: Randy Mankin/Eldorado Success)
The "Yearning For Zion" ranch is a retreat for followers of the FLDS faith located in El Dorado, Tex. (Photo: Randy Mankin/Eldorado Success)

Jeffs was captured near Las Vegas, Nev. in 2007 traveling in an SUV allegedly loaded with electronic equipment, disguises and thousands of dollars in cash. He had been wanted for years by local and federal authorities for allegedly arranging the marriages of young girls to older men.

In November 2007, Jeffs was sentenced to two five years-to-life prison sentences, which will be served consecutively. He still faces similar charges in Arizona.

On Friday, authorities said that everyone inside the compound was cooperating and that no one had been placed under arrest. It was not revealed how many people inside were being questioned or investigated, or how long the investigation would last.

Friday's news of the raid invoked memories of a similar incident in 1993, when FBI agents -- acting on reports of child abuse inside a different religious retreat in Waco, Texas -- forced their way into the Branch Davidian compound, which resulted in a massive fire and nearly 100 deaths.

To this day, it is not clear whether the fire was started by the people inside -- or accidentally by the FBI. David Koresh, the cult's proclaimed leader, was among those who died in the incident.