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

Friday 15 January: 0 killed

No-one killed

Thursday 14 January: 33 killed

Najaf: 27 by bombs
Mosul: 2 by gunfire
Khalisiya: 1 by magnetic bomb
Baquba: 2 by bomb
Khalis: 1 by gunfire

Wednesday 13 January: 10 killed

Saqlawiyah: 7 by suicide truck bomb
Baquba: 1 by gunfire
Edhaim: 1 by gunfire
Abu Ghraib: 1 by bomb

Tuesday 12 January: 5 killed

Sadiyah: 4 by car bomb
Basra: 1 by hand grenade

Monday 11 January: 3 killed

Mosul: 1 by gunfire
Kirkuk: Body found
Al-Mussayab: 1 by gunfire

Sunday 10 January: 3 killed

Al-Dabas: Body found
Near Khalis: 1 by gunfire
Mosul: 1 by gunfire

Saturday 9 January: 4 killed

Baghdad: 1 by gunfire
Souran, near Arbil: 2 bodies found
Mosul: 1 by bomb