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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 18 December: 1 killed

Basra: 1 10-year-old boy killed by explosive.

Thursday 14 December: 1 killed

Mosul: 1 child's body found.

Sunday 10 December: 1 killed

Diwainiyah: 1 killed by gunmen.

Saturday 9 December: 1 killed

Basra: 1 killed by gunmen.

Friday 8 December: 1 killed

Basra: 1 killed in clan conflict.

Thursday 7 December: 3 killed

Taji: 2 killed by gunmen inside their car.

Sabah: 1 body found.

Wednesday 6 December: 5 killed

Mosul: 3 bodies found under rubble.

Yusufiya: 1 killed by gunmen.

Baghdad: 1 body found in Husseiniya.