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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

Monday 24 March: 13 dead

Baghdad: 4 bodies.

Salahuddin
Tal Jwad: civilian killed by mortar.

Diyala
Sadiya: roadside bomb kills 3 policemen.
Buhriz: Awakening member killed by US fire at checkpoint.

Basra
Basra: man killed in clashes.

Ninewa
Mosul: 2 killed by mortars; body found.

Sunday 23 March: 74 dead

Baghdad: rocket/mortar attacks kill 19 (4 children among them); gunmen shoot 7 dead, Zafaraniya; suicide car bomber kills 5, Shula; roadside bomb kills 1, Mansour; 6 bodies.

Diyala
Abu Saida: gunmen kill policeman and his driver.
Baquba: gunmen kill policeman; mortars kill 2; 2 children (8 and 10 years old) are blown up by bomb in playground.
Nahar Sabah: 15 (most from the same family) die in US air strike.
Muqdadiya: 2 bodies.

Kirkuk
Kirkuk: roadside bomb kills policeman.

Wassit
Kut: 3 killed by mortars; 2 bodies.

Ninewa
Mosul: car bombs kill 2; 4 bodies.

Saturday 22 March: 28 dead

Baghdad: roadside bomb targeting US patrol kills 2; roadside bomb kills 1, Amin; roadside bomb kills 1, Mansour; 3 bodies.

Salahuddin
Ishaqi: 6 members of neighbourhood patrol killed in US air strikes.
Samarra: suicide car bomber kills 5.

Kirkuk
Kirkuk: roadside bomb kills 1.

Diyala
Sarajiq: 3 are shot dead in their car.
Buhriz: 1 killed in US air strike.
Baquba: gunmen kill Ali Hassan, returning displaced, outside his house.

Babil
Hilla: 1 body found.
Mahaweel: 2 bodies found.
Latifiya: 1 body found.

Friday 21 March: 10 dead

Baghdad: 2 bodies.

Salahuddin
Balad: gunmen kill policeman and 2 bodyguards.
Al-Hoori: gunmen raid house, kill 1.

Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 3.

Wassit
Kut: gunmen kill 1.

Thursday 20 March: 20 dead

Baghdad: 5 bodies.

Sulaimaniya
Goezha mountain: 1 body found.

Ninewa
Mosul: roadside bomb kills policeman; gunmen kill 2 policemen; 2 bodies found (1 decapitated).

Salahuddin
Samarra: 6 killed by US fire.

Wassit
Kut: 2 policemen killed in clashes.

Diyala
Muqdadiya: civilian is shot dead.

Wednesday 19 March: 48 dead

Baghdad: gunmen kill father and son, owners of currency exchange office, Karrada; car bomb kills policeman, Karrada; bomb kills taxi driver; 7 bodies.

Diyala
Balad Ruz: suicide bomber kills 6 in market.

Kirkuk
Hawija: 3 policemen killed by US forces.

Salahuddin
Tikrit: 1 neighbourhood watch shot dead.

Babil
Hilla: roadside bomb kills 2; another roadside bomb kills 2 policemen.

Basra
Basra: gunmen kill 17 border guards; gunmen kill policeman.

Karbala
Karbala: 2 bodies.

Ninewa
Mosul: 3 bodies

Tuesday 18 March: 28 dead

Baghdad: roadside bomb kills 2, Shaab; roadside bomb kills 3, Al-Binook; 5 bodies.

Ninewa
Mosul: car bomb kills 3; 2 bodies.

Diyala
Abu Saida: roadside bomb kills 3 policemen.

Salahuddin
Al-Athia: gunmen kill policeman.
Baiji: 2 Sahwa members shot dead; 2 bodies.

Basra
Basra: 2 fishermen shot dead by Iranian patrol while fishing; gunmen open fire on sheikh, kill his driver.

Babil
Iskandariya: roadside bomb kills member of neighbourhood watch; roadside bomb kills woman.

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