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 20 December: 4 killed
Falluja: 1 killed by bomb inside shop.
Baghdad: 1 university lecturer by AED.
Mosul: 1 by gunfire.
Haswa: 1 by IED.
December casualties so far: 229 civilians killed.
Monday 19 December: 10 killed
Mosul: 3 by gunfire in separate incidents.
Balad: 1 pilgrim by IED.
Baghdad: 1 by IED.
Tikrit: 2 policemen by IED.
Falluja: 3 bodies.
December casualties so far: 225 civilians killed.
Sunday 18 December: 6 killed
Baghdad: 2 by bomb hidden in rubbish.
Al-Suda Bu'weza: 4 by IED.
December casualties so far: 215 civilians killed.
Saturday 17 December: 7 killed
Baghdad: 1 judge by gunfire, 5 by IEDs.
Falluja: 1 by bomb inside a bag.
December casualties so far: 209 civilians killed.
Friday 16 December: 5 killed
Baghdad: 1 by car bomb.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire.
Kirkuk: 1 student by AED.
Balad: 1 policeman by bomb.
December casualties so far: 202 civilians killed.
Thursday 15 December: 11 killed
Dhuluiya: 3 bodies of kidnapped government employees found.
Jurf al-Sakhar: 1 local mayor by gunfire.
Ramadi: 3 by motorcycle bombs.
Mosul: 3 policemen by gunfire.
Baghdad: 1 by AED.
December casualties so far: 197 civilians killed.
Wednesday 14 December: 6 killed
Tal Afar: 4 by IEDs.
Baghdad: 2 by car bomb.
December casualties so far: 186 civilians killed.