TEXAS DEBACLE RECALLS JONESTOWN.(MAIN)

Byline: Associated Press

People here have seen it all before: the prophet, his cult, the deaths of his followers. The big difference was that the tragedy of Jim Jones' People's Temple was far deadlier than the fiery end of David Koresh and his disciples.

The November 1978 mass suicide of more than 900 people shamed this South American nation for years, and Guyanese noted Tuesday the similarities between Jonestown and the destruction of Koresh's cult complex in Texas a day earlier.

Jonestown "was a lesson for all," yet the world did not learn, Sharif Khan, editor of the Guyana Chronicle, told The Associated Press in an interview from his office. …