A minimalist animation designed to illustrate the brutality of armed conflict, this web program is strangely distressing and calm at the same time. As a calendar races through the dates since the beginning of the war in Iraq, small red ‘explosions’ appear and fade across a simple map of Iraq, symbolising the alarming frequency of deaths amongst the coalition forces. At times, particularly during 2004, the pure white background becomes awash with red. It is a shame the program does not mark Iraqi deaths as well, but it is still an important testament to the loss caused during the campaign.