terry anderson is free. he was the last of the american hostages held by pro-iranian terrorists in beirut, lebanon. in the beginning of the 90s terrorism was thought to be done. people likely to use terrorism to achieve political objectives were dead, in jail or part of the peace process. a syrian delegation is in washington today, ready to meet with israel to talk about middle east peace. we thought the 90s would be a time of peace. not only was the cold war over, we had won. we have before us the opportunity to forge a new world order, a world where the rule of law governs the conduct of nations. the world was changing, and it was an exciting time for those who really viewed america as the nation that would embrace globalization. but there were many people who didn t like that changing america. in maples, idaho about 40 miles from the canadian border federal marshals are surrounding a cabin, where a fugitive white supremacist named randy weaver is holed
loving christian family man. never before has northern idaho witnessed this kind of fire power from the federal government. there is a shoot-out in which weaver s 14-year-old son sammy, a dog and a u.s. marshal all ended up dead. an fbi sharpshooter shot his wife dead while she was carrying the baby in her arms. fbi agents are trained to shoot only to protect themselves or others. the rules of engagement for ruby ridge were rewritten. decisions were made within the fbi that allowed the snipers to shoot at anyone who was armed. it was completely unjustifiable. put a bullet in my head! hey, i ll make it easy. i ll turn my back on you. not everyone who lives around here says randy weaver is in the right. but they say none of this would have happened if federal authorities had just left him alone. ruby ridge was not a story that was on the front page of national newspapers.
routine arrest went very wrong. there is a shoot-out in which weaver s 14-year-old son sammy, a dog and a u.s. marshal all ended up dead. an fbi sharpshooter shot his wife dead while she was carrying the baby in her arms. fbi agents are trained to shoot only to protect themselves or others. the rules of engagement for ruby ridge were rewritten. decisions were made within the fbi that allowed the snipers to shoot at anyone who was armed. it was completely unjustifiable. put a bullet in my head! hey, i ll make it easy. ill turn my back on you. not everyone who lives around here says randy weaver is in the right. but they say none of this would have happened if federal authorities had just left him alone. ruby ridge was not a story that was on the front page of national newspapers. most people didn t know about it at all, but it actually did energize the radical right. the siege ended at 12:15 when randall weaver and his three children walked off the mountain after 11 days.
there is a shoot-out in which weaver s 14-year-old son sammy, a dog and a u.s. marshal all ended up dead. an fbi sharpshooter shot his wife dead while she was carrying the baby in her arms. fbi agents are trained to shoot only to protect themselves or others. the rules of engagement for ruby ridge were rewritten. decisions were made within the fbi that allowed the snipers to shoot at anyone who was armed. it was completely unjustifiable. put a bullet in my head! hey, i ll make it easy. ill turn my back on you. not everyone who lives around here says randy weaver is in the right. but they say none of this would have happened if federal authorities had just left him alone. ruby ridge was not a story that was on the front page of national newspapers. most people didn t know about it at all, but it actually did energize the radical right. the siege ended at 12:15 when randall weaver and his three
weaver was of interest to the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms because he had links to the aryan nations. and they tried to pressure him to inform on his friends in the movement, and he refused. weaver is summoned to court for a weapons charge that involves the selling of some sawed-off shotguns to law enforcement. now a force of 200 police, federal agents and the national guard have surrounded the house. this is nothing more than a show of force to scare everybody who lives up here in north idaho. we all have guns in our houses. we all have guns buried some place. northern idaho has become home for a lot of people like randy weaver who want to be away from the problems of civilization and from civilization itself. he is not a terrorist. he is not endangering anybody. everybody that knows him has talked about him as a good, loving christian family man. never before has northern idaho witnessed this kind of fire power from the federal government. there is a shoot-ou