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
Thursday 24 July: 18 dead
DIYALA
Baquba: 8 by female suicide bomber, Awakening Council leader among those killed
BAGHDAD: 3 Awakening members in drive-by shootings, 1 body found
BABYLON
Yusufiya: 2 bodies, a civilian and a policeman
NINEWA
Mosul: policeman shot dead in front of his home, 3 bodies
Wednesday 23 July: 7 dead
Baghdad: 2 bodies.
Diyala
Abu Saida: roadside bomb kills woman.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 1; 2 die in clashes.
Tameem
Kirkuk: gunmen kill journalist's son.
Tuesday 22 July: 8 dead
Baghdad: 3 bodies.
Tameem
Dibis: 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 2.
Wassit
Suwayra: 2 bodies.
Monday 21 July: 23 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Diyala
Al-Bowashi: gunmen kill 1 Sahwa member.
Abu Saida: gunmen kill sheikh on his way to reconciliation meeting.
Sadiya: tractor bomb kills 7.
Tameem
Kirkuk: gunmen kill journalist; roadside bomb kills police chief.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill 2; 2 security contractors killed by suicide bomber; 1 body found.
Tal Afar: 3 policemen killed during clashes.
Wassit
Kut: gunemn kill 1.
Suwayra: 2 bodies found dismembered.
Sunday 20 July: 23 dead
Baghdad: bomb stuck on car kills 1, Adhamiya; roadside bomb kills 1, Karrada; car bomb kills 1, Damascus intersection; 3 bodies.
Diyala
Wajihiya: roadside bomb kills 2 policemen.
Bani Saad: roadside bomb kills 3 policemen.
Ninewa
Mosul: 4 killed in drive-by shootings; sniper kills policeman; 2 killed by suicide car bomber.
Salahuddin
Baiji: US forces kill son and nephew of Salahuddin governor in early morning raid.
Basra
Basra: body of young woman found.
Wassit
Suwayra: 2 bodies found floating in river.
Saturday 19 July: 13 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill policeman; gunmen kill man during kidnap attempt.
Tameem
Hawija: roadside bomb kills 2 Sahwa members.
Salahuddin
Tikrit: gunmen kill 3 policemen.
Diyala
Khalis: 3 brothers found beheaded.
Sulaimaniya
Sulaimaniya: 2 bodies found -mother and daughter.
Friday 18 July: 6 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Tameem
Kirkuk: home-made mine kills 1.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill man outside his house; 1 body found.
Diyala
Baquba-Khalis road: roadside bomb kills 2.