Comments on: After Suspicious Death, Guard Laid To Rest

Soldier In Finance Unit At Bagram Air Base Was Found Dead After Having "Discovered Things"

[cdfoxtrot]

Is this going to be another Tillman-type exercise in lying and obscuring the facts by the military? Sounds like she was about to expose some wrong-doings and was bumped off by her fellow soldiers before she could act on her findings. Billions of dollars have gone missing in Iraq and people have, no doubt, gotten rich off of the US taxpayer. Is the same true in Afghanistan? No one seems to care -- other than a few people like this brave patriot who wasn''t even from the US. Perhaps she would have been better off joining the Irish army. At least they don''t tend to bump each other off.

[starleo146]

Where did it say anything about her being g@y? Or are you just making that up and ujsing it to obfuscate the fact that she died after "finding something"? You people have no shame.

Posted by UnderMyBoot at 12:16 PM : Oct 07, 2007
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I found an article on this I said Good Morning America but it was the Early show I saw this on.But this article states she was ga@y. I posted part of the article not all I think you can find it.Thanks just wanted your mind to be clear on this.

[starleo146]

"We just want full disclosure," Durkin''s sister Deirdre said on CBS''s Early Show Thursday.

Now Durkin''s family is demanding an independent investigation and has enlisted the help of Sens. John Kerry and Edward Kennedy, who represent their home state of Massachusetts.

Although Durkin was gay, her family does not believe her death had anything to do with that. But Durkin, who worked in a finance office, told her family that she had uncovered some information that would upset other military officials.

[starleo146]

Killed US Soldier Warned Family: Investigate If I Die [VIDEO]

Posted by Nick Juliano and David Edwards at 12:00 PM on October 4, 2007.

A finance officer in Afghanistan said before her death, "I discovered some things I don%u2019t like and I made some enemies because of it."
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This post, written by David Edwards and Nick Juliano, originally appeared on Raw Story

Ciara Durkin warned her family before returning to Afghanistan, "If anything happens to me, you guys make sure it gets investigated."

What seemed a joke at the time could have been eerily prescient as Durkin, a National Guard specialist, was found dead, shot once in the head, within the fortified walls of Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. The Pentagon is releasing no details aside from confirmation that Durkin''s was a "non-combat" death.

[trillion1]

The gay issue just seems to be a smoke screen. With billions of tax payer dollars missing in Iraq it seems more likely she uncovered a kick back scheme. In any case they will just pretend they are investigating it, like Tilman, counting on America''s short memory span.

[Krazcarl]

P.S. no one says she was killed because she was practicing a alternate lifestyle but there is that possibility as I stated begore she could have uncovered something or refused to play the game of the day it shouls be investigated and yes it reaks of Tillman.

[Krazcarl]

undermyboot..it was un yesterdays article some of us follow the story so we have a grasp of what were talking about,,,

[starleo146]

Posted by MCVet at 11:48 AM : Oct 07, 2007

I want it known that I do not know that is why a gunshot to her head was found because she was ga@y , she also handled benefit pay and payroll and she could of found some skimming somewhere. But let us not fool ourselves the ga@y matter also should be involved in this investigation. I know her mother said she was afraid to go back and asked for this investigation. I do not know why this article never mentioned that. Got any ideas. It looked like I was starting this and I would never do that.

[starleo146]

Undermyboat I have no reason to say this girl was ga@y the mother said it , she the mother said she wants an investigation she was home 3 weeks ago and was afraid to go back and told her mother if anything happens to me have it investigated. Her and her brother were on.

[starleo146]

Where did it say anything about her being g@y? Or are you just making that up and ujsing it to obfuscate the fact that she died after "finding something"? You people have no shame.

Posted by UnderMyBoot at 12:16 PM : Oct 07, 2007

The family said it, her mother was on good morning America I believe it was, she came right out asnd said she was a lesbian.

[luv2all97]

lol, you served in the U.S. Army, in real life or in your head? So, tell me, does a 1SG not outrank a MSG? Because they are both E-8''s. That must mean they are the same, right? Do you need to me tell you what those ranks stand for?
Stop lying about being in the Army, because if you were then you would have half a clue about what you''re saying. I actually AM in the Army, on Bagram as a matter of fact and I used to work with Durkin. Not that that has anything to do with you being an idiot, though.

[stanleyrice]

lov2all, I regret to inform you that being called a Junior NCO does not make a Corporal a higher rank than a Specialist, sorry. Pay Grade represents rank. Rank is exactly that, and Corporal does not outrank a Specialist! I don''t know what Army you served in, but I was in the U.S. Army.

[undermyboot]

Typical hypocritical Bushie/Rush/Fake News parrots: Slander an American soldier then claim they "support the troops". Just a shameful bunch of slimeballs.

[undermyboot]

Where did it say anything about her being g@y? Or are you just making that up and ujsing it to obfuscate the fact that she died after "finding something"? You people have no shame.

[genabit-2009]

There are thousands of our armed services who lead an alternative lifestyle, While we can sit here at home and try to decide what happened we will never know the truth, could have been a stray sniper bullet with a lucky shot, who really knows the truth? The truth is we can speculate, point fingers, etc but without proof positive all it is is speculation!!! You can bash the president all you want sitting in front of your computer but it wont bring her back to life.

[luv2all97]

mokenman, obviously YOU are the one that knows little or nothing about military rank. A Specialist and a Corporal are not the same thing. Yes, they are the same PAY grade, E-4, however, a Corporal is a junior NCO. If they were the same thing, they would be called the same thing. E-4 is nothing more than a pay grade. Perhaps next time you should do your own research before saying someone else doesn''t know what they are talking about.

[luv2all97]

mokenman, obviously YOU are the one that knows little or nothing about military rank. A Specialist and a Corporal are not the same thing. Yes, they are the same PAY grade, E-4, however, a Corporal is a junior NCO. If they were the same thing, they would be called the same thing. E-4 is nothing more than a pay grade. Perhaps next time you should do your own research before saying someone else doesn''t know what they are talking about.

[luv2all97]

mokenman, obviously YOU are the one that knows little or nothing about military rank. A Specialist and a Corporal are not the same thing. Yes, they are the same PAY grade, E-4, however, a Corporal is a junior NCO. If they were the same thing, they would be called the same thing. E-4 is nothing more than a pay grade. Perhaps next time you should do your own research before saying someone else doesn''t know what they are talking about.

[genabit-2009]

well as far as accuracy goes

Enlisted Ranks

* Private
* Private First Class (one that has been a private for some time)
* Specialist (E-4, But not an NCO.)
* Corporal
a corporal is listed higher than a specialist.... so they quite well could be accurate... but what is in a title awarded posthumously? What troubles me is if she did not die in action, but inside a secure zone why promote her?

[mcvet]

This girl was also Ga@y and maybe someone found out and didn''''t like it at all.


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Posted by starleo146 at 10:21 AM : Oct 07, 2007
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IF this is right then we have bigger problems than the Muslims... we have people in our OWN Military doing exactly the same kind of things the enemy is then. Sieg Heil Bush!