AP Photo/Waco Tribune Herald ; Greg Smith/CORBIS/Corbis ... Davidians' Mount Carmel compound burns to the ground during the 1993 raid by the ATF outside of Waco, Texas.

In February 1993, agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) descended on the Branch Davidians’ compound outside of Waco, Texas, ready to raid their property for ...