Download ~ This coming Tuesday in honor of the 4th anniversary of the 2nd Iraq War. We ask everyone to join us at Ground Zero at 7:30 PM this Tuesday and to bring a candle. We will be doing a visual projection show over the site that will be seen from throughout the area.

News crews from around the world will be at this happening.

There is also going to be an after-party at Mehanata (113 Ludlow, between Rivington and Delancey) with Djs PoodleCannon and Luke Warm spinning downstairs to visuals by GBC, and FluxRostrum doing a live video edit of the evenings action projected upstairs. The party has no cover.

Source: http://www.medina-gazette.com/Articles.asp?num=59666344

Medina-Gazette - Mar 20 12:04 AM

Iraq war anniversary misses 9/11 focus

It's the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. It also feels like the anniversary of the end of our national focus on bringing the architect of 9/11 to justice.

Just a quick tour of the numbers, to help us get our bearings.

According to the Pentagon, there are about 27,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan — the highest number since the October 2001 invasion. They are part of a NATO-led force of around 50,000. According to the Department of Defense, there have been 369 American service personnel killed in Afghanistan, as well as 676 who were wounded and unable to return to action.

In Iraq, there are upwards of 142,000 U.S. troops. The Associated Press puts the current number killed at 3,217. Those wounded and unable to go back: 10,685, according to the DOD.