The public record of violent deaths following the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Documented civilian deaths from violence
178,610 – 200,054
Total violent deaths including combatants
268,000
- Another year of relentless violence in Iraq
- IBC’s 2016 analysis of civilian deaths 12 Jan 2017
- Lest we forget
- 30 Dec 2016
- UK showed no real interest in monitoring civilian casualties
- Besieged: Living and Dying in Fallujah
- Iraq: wars and casualties, 13 years on
- Iraq 2015: A Catastrophic Normal
- Earlier analysis from IBC…
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Iraq Body Count maintains the world’s largest public database of violent civilian deaths since the 2003 invasion, as well as separate running total which includes combatants.
IBC's data is drawn from cross-checked media reports, hospital, morgue, NGO and official figures or records (see About IBC). You can contribute to IBC's work in several ways, including with a donation.
“We don’t do body counts”
General Tommy FranksIraq Body Count
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Friday 25 August: 11 killedKarma: 3 children killed by landmine. Hawija: 3 children by IED, as families try to flee the city. Gundazhor: 2 brothers shot dead by Peshmerga. Tarmiya: 1 by IED. Karbala: 1 child by cluster bomb. Hilla: 1 woman beaten to death. |
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Thursday 24 August: 18 killedHawija: 8 people, including an infant, burnt to death by IS members for trying to flee; 4 executed for cooperating with security forces. Daquq: 2 women's bodies found tortured. Qara Tapa: 1 body found. Kirkuk: 1 body found with signs of torture and bullet holes. Bani Saad: 1 Sahwa member shot during funeral. Baghdad: 1 killed by IED in Bakriya. More |