In Suicide Note, Iraq War Veteran Says He Was Forced to Participate In War?Crimes
by Rania Khalek in Dispatches from the Underclass
Dan Somers (right) performing at his band?s CD Release Show (Phoenix New Times/Melissa Fossum)
On June 10, 2013, 30-year-old Iraq War veteran Daniel Somers killed himself after writing a powerful letter to his family explaining his reasons for doing so.
?My mind is a wasteland filled with visions of incredible horror, unceasing depression, and crippling anxiety, even with all of the medications the doctors dare give,? reads the letter, which Somers? family allowed?Gawker?to?publish. Somers went on to reveal the source of his pain: Continue reading “Forced to Participate In War Crimes”