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

Friday 12 March: 3 killed

Falluja: 1 by bomb
Karbala: 2 by bomb

Thursday 11 March: 4 killed

Samawa: 3 by gunfire
Mosul: 1 body found

Wednesday 10 March: 3 killed

Baghdad: 2 by gunfire
Al-Karma: 1 by bomb

Tuesday 9 March: 7 killed

Baghdad: 1 by gunfire
Mosul: 2 by gunfire
Karbala: 1 body found
Falluja: 3 by bomb

Monday 8 March: 2 killed

Near Falluja: 2 by gunfire

Sunday 7 March: 42 killed

Baghdad: 38 by bombs amd rockets
Al-Saadiya: 1 by bomb
Mosul: 1 by gunfire, 1 by bomb
Mahmoudiya: 1 by bomb

Saturday 6 March: 8 killed

Najaf: 7 by car bomb
Al-Karma: 1 by bomb