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 21 July: 34 killed
Baghdad: 1 by bomb, 1 body found
Abu Sayda: 30 by bomb
Mosul: 1 by bomb
Falluja: 1 by bomb
Tuesday 20 July: 12 killed
Qara Tapa: 3 by bomb
Baquba: 4 by bomb
Khalis: 1 body found
Kirkuk: 1 by gunfire, 2 by gunfire
Sulaimaniya: 1 by gunfire
Monday 19 July: 13 killed
Baquba: 7 by bomb
Falluja: 1 by bomb
Mosul: 3 by bomb
Kirkuk: 1 by gunfire, 1 body found
Sunday 18 July: 59 killed
Baghdad: 45 by bombs, 1 by bomb, 1 by gunfire
Abu Ghraib: 1 by bomb
Qaim: 7 by bomb
Mosul: 1 by gunfire, 1 by gunfire
Kirkuk: 1 by gunfire
Baiji: 1 by gunfire
Saturday 17 July: 7 killed
Abu Graib: 1 by bomb
Mosul: 1 by gunfire, 1 body found
Talafar: 1 by gunfire
Tuz Khurmato: 2 by bomb
Muqdadiyah: 1 by gunfire
Friday 16 July: 4 killed
Abu Graib: 3 by bomb
Falluja: 1 by gunfire
Thursday 15 July: 23 killed
Baghdad: 1 by bomb, 2 by gunfire, 1 by gunfire, 2 bodies found
Tikrit: 6 by bomb
Haswa: 6 by bomb
Mahmoudiya: 2 by bomb
Hilla: 1 by gunfire
Abbara: 1 by gunfire
Ramadi: 1 by gunfire