The public record of violent deaths following the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Documented civilian deaths from violence
179,210 – 200,778
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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Saturday 23 September: 15 killedHassan Koi and Our, district of Tal Afar: 13 killed (8 from one family), 5 wounded, by booby-trap IEDs in the two homes they had returned to Dawalib village in the district of Mansuriyah, northeast of Baqubah: 1 by roadside bomb placed near orchard Nahrawan, south of Baghdad: 1 killed, 3 wounded by roadside bomb near market |
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Friday 22 September: 6 killedHusseiniyat al-Rashidiya, east of Baghdad: 1 lawyer killed by bomb exploding under his car Gir Uzer district of Sinjar: 3 internally displaced persons killed after returning to their booby-trapped home Jibla district north of Hilla : 1 body found in a canal, estimated as having been there for a month Outskirts of Abbara, north-east of Baquba: 1 university student at the Faculty of Law assassinated by unknown gunmen More |