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 25 August: 83 killed
Baghdad: 20 by car bombs.
Kut: 30 by suicide car bomber.
Talafar: 1 child killed in rocket attacks.
Ramadi: 5 by car bombs.
Mosul: 4 by car bomb, 1 policeman shot dead.
Muqdadiya: 3 by car bomb.
Tikrit: 3 by IEDs.
Karbala: 7 by car bomb.
Baquba: 3 by car bomb.
Kirkuk: 1 by car bomb.
Falluja: 1 by car bomb.
Mahmudiya: 1 by bomb in shop.
Basra: 1 by car bomb.
Beiji: 1 by car bomb.
Iskandariya: 1 by car bomb.
Tuesday 24 August: 13 killed
Baghdad: 1 shot dead, 1 Sahwa member killed by sticky bomb, woman's body found.
Falluja: 2 children killed by IED.
Khalis: government employee shot dead.
Baquba: suicide bomber kills 4.
Hilla: 1 by IED.
Mosul: 1 shot dead during clashes.
Kut: 1 shot dead.
Monday 23 August: 12 killed
Baghdad: 2 by mortars, 1 in rocket attack, 1 by bomb attached to car, 1 policeman in hand grenade attack.
Haditha: 5 shot dead.
Baquba: 1 by IED.
Khalis: 1 body found.
Sunday 22 August: 9 killed
Baghdad: 5 killed by roadside bombs, 2 shot dead.
Musayyab: 1 killed by roadside bomb.
Falluja: 1 policeman shot dead.
Saturday 21 August: 3 killed
Baghdad: 1 policeman shot dead.
Kirkuk: 1 policeman killed by IED.
Mosul: 1 policeman killed in clashes with gunmen.
Friday 20 August: 5 killed
Baghdad: 1 policeman shot dead, 1 Independent High Electoral Commission employee found shot dead, 2 killed by IED.
Baquba: 1 Awakening member shot dead.
Thursday 19 August: 8 killed
Baghdad: 1 by bomb
Mosul: 1 body found, 1 by gunfire
Ramadi: 2 by bomb
Falluja: 1 by bomb
Kirkuk: 1 by gunfire
Baquba: 1 by mortar shell