Iraq Body Count (IBC) is an analytical project, not a news portal. Our procedure is to collect and reconcile every available, distinct report about each incident. For larger events, stories may run into the dozens and continue to emerge for days or weeks. This, and the inexorable rise in daily violent incidents, means that there is a considerable gap between the initial reporting of events and their first appearance in the IBC database.

However, we obtain an early impression of events within about 48 hours of first reports. This page provides our news gatherer's account of such recent events, but please keep in mind that these are not our final database entries. Rather, they should be considered an early update on civilian casualties.

Recent Events

Wednesday 1 September: 11 killed

Baghdad: 2 by AEDs.
Mosul: 2 policemen by IED, 2 policemen by gunfire, 1 woman by gunfire.
Kirkuk: 1 Kurdish official by gunfire.
Delli Abbas: 1 woman's body found.
Khanaqin: 2 policemen by IED.

Tuesday 31 August: 3 killed

Hilla: woman's body found.
Baquba: 2 killed by gunfire.

AUGUST TOTAL: 501 CIVILIANS KILLED

Monday 30 August: 3 killed

Baghdad: 1 engineer killed by AED.
Mosul: 2 brothers by gunfire.

Sunday 29 August: 5 killed

Riyadh: 2 children by bomb.
Falluja: 1 by IED.
Sulaimaniya: 1 body found.
Mosul: 1 by bomb in market.

Saturday 28 August: 5 killed

Mosul: 4 policemen killed in separate incidents, 1 body found.

Friday 27 August: 7 killed

Baghdad: 1 by IED.
Riyadh: 1 child by gunfire.
Mosul: 1 by IED, Christian man's body found.
Falluja: 1 policeman in blast.
Hilla: 2 by IED.

Thursday 26 August: 24 killed

Baghdad: son of Sahwa member shot dead, 4 bodies found.
Falluja: policeman killed by gunmen.
Dali Abbas: 8 Sahwa by IED, gunfire.
Shirqat: 2 Sahwa.
Mosul: 4 policemen by IED.
Abdul Hamid: 3 in bombings.
Ba'shiqah: 1 by IED.