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 7 July: 73 killed
Baghdad: 35 by suicide bomb, 14 by bomb, 1 by bomb, 5 by bomb, 6 by bomb
Abu Graib/Falluja: 1 by bomb, 3 by bomb, 2 by gunfire, 1 by gunfire
Ramadi: 1 by gunfire
Mosul: 1 by gunfire, 1 by bomb, 1 by bomb
Saadiya: 1 by bomb
Tuesday 6 July: 11 killed
Baghdad: 2 by mortars, 4 by bomb, 3 by mortars
Mosul: 2 by gunfire
Monday 5 July: 3 killed
Baghdad: 1 by bomb
Mosul: 1 by bomb, 1 by gunfire
Sunday 4 July: 11 killed
Baghdad: 1 by gunfire
Ramadi: 4 by suicide bomb
Mosul: 2 by suicide bomb, 1 body found
Kirkuk: 1 body found
Mandili: 2 by gunfire
Saturday 3 July: 3 killed
Baghdad: 3 by bomb
Friday 2 July: 3 killed
Ramadi: 1 by gunfire
Mandili: 2 killed
Thursday 1 July: 8 killed
Baghdad: 1 by bomb, 1 by bomb
Falluja: 1 by bomb
Aziziya: 1 by gunfire
Samarra: 1 by bomb
Kirkuk: 1 by gunfire
Mosul: 2 by gunfire