Family skeptical of soldier's death

[UpInArms]

http://www.wndu.com/news/042005/news_41642.php

Portage, IN - The father of a soldier from northwestern Indiana is asking the army to tell him more about how his 20-year-old son died in Iraq.

The army said in a news release that private Steven Sirko of Portage died of non-combat related injuries Sunday about 60 miles north of Baghdad.

The military told his father, Specialist Sirko died in his sleep.

Sirko's father says that doesn't make any sense, because his son was healthy and athletic.

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Conflicting stories regarding their son's death in Iraq? Nah, the military spokespeople never lie, do they?

[bushisanidiot]

1. He knew too much or saw too much..

blah..

this war has been nothing but a waste of life, money and time.

[TNOE]

8. Hey speak for yourself!

Of course its been worth it!!! Are you kidding me? Me, my Dad, my brothers and my family HAVE MADE A FORTUNE! Oh yea, and so did Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and Daniel Pearl. Thanks DUMASS AMERICANS!!! We owe you, we really do. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Sin sere leeee


King George W. Bush

[Coventina]

2. My guess: suicide

Just a guess.

[meganmonkey]

3. Another article with a little more of the father's question:

"Tell me how he died," Rick Sirko told the Post-Tribune of Merrillville. "Don't mince words."

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050419/NEWS06/504190403/1012

[NNN0LHI]

4. The Soviets did the same thing in Afghanistan until they got caught n/t

[jayfish]

10. For Historical Perspective,...

do you have any links to peruse on the subject? I find this repetition of history fascinating (and appalling). How the hell did it happen so soon?

Jay

[NNN0LHI]

11. Everything on Google now is about the current Afghan war. Found this though

I remember it was a group of Soviet soldiers mothers who finally exposed the propaganda back then. This sounds real familiar to what is happening now:

http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/FMSOPUBS/ISSUES/miredinmount.htm

<snip>Soviet forces were bleeding in Afghanistan, but the biggest threat was disease. Over 60% of the Soviet service personnel were hospitalized for disease during their normal two-year tour of duty. Shigellosis, amoebeosis, typhus, cholera, hepatitis, and other water-born diseases plagued the force. Malaria was also a problem. However, Soviet casualties and disease were hidden from the Soviet people. The Soviet media did an effective job limiting the reporting on Afghanistan to positive events. The Soviet military also kept non-accredited foreign journalists at bay. Further, the hazardous trip inside and the lengthy process to get the story out discouraged most Western journalists from covering the war effectively. Most preferred long-range reporting from Pakistan, relying on press releases from the factions.

[jukes]

5. could be

suicide or vigilante "barracks justice". DoD wd coverup either.

[RamboLiberal]

6. Family skeptical of soldier's death

The father of a soldier from northwestern Indiana is asking the army to tell him more about how his 20-year-old son died in Iraq.

The army said in a news release that private Steven Sirko of Portage died of non-combat related injuries Sunday about 60 miles north of Baghdad.

The military told his father, Specialist Sirko died in his sleep.

Sirko's father says that doesn't make any sense, because his son was healthy and athletic.

http://www.wndu.com/news/042005/news_41642.php

Steven Sirko didn't have to go to Iraq.

The U.S. Army combat medic had been offered a chance to join the Army's Special Forces, said his dad, Rick Sirko.

It would have meant remaining stateside, but Steven had met another army medic, Virginia, while in medical training in Fort Hood, Texas. They were married in October 2004.

She was being deployed to Iraq and Steven wanted to be near his new wife.

Sirko, a soldier with the Fort Benning-based 3rd Brigade in Maqdadiyah, Iraq, was found dead in his barracks Sunday morning, Iraq time.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/local/11428658.htm

And this news article lists 3 other dead soldier's names - Good God!

[Pacifist Patriot]

7. Is died in his sleep a euphemism for...

took a mortar round after "Taps?" An attempt to keep battle casualty numbers depressed? I hope the father goes after them hard.

[daleo]

9. It's not even summer yet.

This might be a bit more believable in summer (heat stress), but it seems early for that.