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Federal investigations examin
ing the raid, standoff and fire are
expected to be released in mid-
September.
So far, in discovery proceed
ings, prosecutors have shown de
fense lawyers rifle stocks and oth
er ammunition charred from the
fire.
The 33-year-old religious
leader for years had preached that
Armageddon would come to their
so-called Ranch Apocalypse
home in a bloody showdown
with government authorities.
Defense lawyers said they are
puzzled at how their clients have
been pinpointed out of more than
100 Branch Davidians who were
inside the prairie fortress the day
of the shootout.
Agents and Davidians alike
have described the 45-minute
gunbattle Feb. 28 under rainy
skies as a dizzying exchange of
gunfire in which bodies were
ducking for cover and bullets
whistled from more than 50 loca
tions.
"I am always impressed by the
government and their thorough
ness/' said attorney Buck Harris,
who is representing defendant
Renos Avraam. “It's kind of like
cotton. If it's there, they will pick
it clean.
"But I will be interested to see
how they can determine which
round came from which gun
from which window. That gets a
little difficult to track. At some
point in all this, someone has to
show a weapon was in a per
son's hands and have them fir
ing at an officer."
Stanley Rentz, attorney for Da-
ddian Graeme Craddock, said.
Some of these people have been
indicted and they weren't even on
the premises when this thing hap
pened. Really, I think the main
characters in this thing perished
in the fire."
One of the defendants, Paul
Fatta, was in Austin at a gun
show the day of the shootings.
Defense attorneys said they are
still contemplating motions to
move the trial from Waco. But
most said they are leaning toward
keeping the proceedings near the
site of the tragedy.
Hurricane
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swells and 40 to 50 mph wind
along the coastline from Virginia
to New York's Long Island.
If Emily moves farther inland
over North Carolina before veer
ing north, it might weaken to
tropical storm status — with sus
tained wind below 74 mph — but
could bring heavy rain and high
wind to big East Coast cities, Za-
leski said.
There also was the question of
timing — whether the storm
would hit near high tides at
around 8 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m.
Wednesday. A full moon will
make the tides even higher.
Residents and tourists alike
evacuated the Outer Banks and
low-lying coastal areas of North
Carolina. Officials estimated
there were more than 150,000
people in the area, three-fourths
of them tourists, before the
storm threatened.
Most evacuees left Sunday and
early Monday, clogging the few
highways on the narrow islands.
If the storm aims at Virginia,
about 200,000 people in flood-
prone areas of Hampton Roads
could be evacuated, said Mike
laCivita, a spokesman for the De
partment of Emergency Services.
The Navy was moving at least
18 ships, including the aircraft
carrier USS John F. Kennedy,
from their piers at Virginia's
Norfolk Naval Base to about 300
miles off the coast. The Marine
Corps' New River Air Station
and Fort Bragg and Pope Air
Force Base in North Carolina
planned to move aircraft to safer
ground.
A hurricane warning was
posted from Bogue Inlet, 20
miles southwest of Morehead
City near the Marine Corps'
Camp Lejeune, to the Virginia
state line, meaning the hurricane
could hit by Tuesday afternoon,
forecasters said.
The Associated Press
SAN ANTONIO — Senate Minority
Leader Bob Dole and other Republicans
returned Monday from Mexico saying
President Carlos Salinas de Gortari is
convinced U.S. political opposition won't
block passage of a free trade agreement.
“Obviously he's very concerned about
it, but he's also a very positive person
and he still believes that because we're
right we'll prevail," Dole said during a
rally in San Antonio.
Dole of Kansas and Republican Sens.
Phil Gramm of Texas, Orrin Hatch of
Utah and Judd Gregg of New Hampshire
plus Republican U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla
of San Antonio met with business leaders
upon returning to Texas and toured the
Holt Company's heavy equipment plant.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., also went
with the group to Mexico.
Earlier, after meeting with Salinas,
Dole said it would be “devastating"
should President Clinton fail to win pas
sage of the North American Free Trade
Agreement, which would link Mexico,
the United States and Canada in the
world's largest trade zone.
The Republican senators suggested an
easy Senate win for NAFTA would
strengthen Clinton before a tougher
House fight. U.S. Rep. David Bonior of
Michigan, a key Democratic opponent of
NAFTA, said Sunday as many as 75 per
cent of Democrats in the House oppose
the agreement.
Bonilla, the only House representative
on the Mexico trip, said he believes that
estimate is high and that many House
members have not yet committed on the
issue.
Dole said his delegation warned Sali
nas "to get ready for a lot of hot rhetoric
from some of the opponents that might
be offensive to people in Mexico, might
be offensive everywhere else."
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