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
Tuesday 27 December: 2 killed
Hawija: 2 by car bomb.
December casualties so far: 373 civilians killed.
Monday 26 December: 14 killed
Baghdad: 7 by suicide car bomber.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire.
Baiji: 1 body.
Mussayab: 2 bodies.
Al-Sieniya: 1 Sahwa member by gunfire.
Baquba: 1 Sahwa member by IED.
December casualties so far: 371 civilians killed.
Sunday 25 December: 17 killed
Garma: 6 policemen by gunfire.
Arbat: 2 by gunfire.
Baquba: 1 body.
Falluja: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Abu Ghraib: 2 by IED.
Baghdad: 1 by AED.
Dujail: 1 by suicide car bomber.
Mosul: 1 Christian by gunfire.
Tikrit: 2 by car bomb.
December casualties so far: 357 civilians killed.
Saturday 24 December: 9 killed
Baghdad: 2 by IED.
Kirkuk: 2 by AED, 2 bodies.
Hawija: 2 policemen by IED.
Mosul: 1 body.
December casualties so far: 340 civilians killed.
Friday 23 December: 11 killed
Baghdad: 5 by IEDs.
Mosul: 3 by IEDs.
Kirkuk: 1 by AED, 1 body.
Gatun: 1 by gunfire.
December casualties so far: 331 civilians killed.
Thursday 22 December: 85 killed
Baghdad: 75 killed in several bombings.
Baquba: 6 by gunfire.
Mosul: 2 by IED, 1 body found.
Kirkuk: 1 body.
December casualties so far: 320 civilians killed.
Wednesday 21 December: 6 killed
Mosul: 2 by gunfire.
Kirkuk: 2 by AED.
Abu Ghraib: 1 Sahwa chief by AED.
Baghdad: 1 by gunfire.
December casualties so far: 235 civilians killed.