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 30 August: 1 killed
Basra: 1 body found.
AUGUST TOTAL: 25 CIVILIANS KILLED
Sunday 27 August: 1 killed
Nasiriyah: 1 killed by gunmen.
Saturday 26 August: 1 killed
Amara: 1 woman killed by gunmen in front of her children.
Thursday 24 August: 1 killed
Qayyarah: 1 killed in clan conflict.
Tuesday 22 August: 1 killed
Maysan: 1 young man killed by landmine.
Saturday 19 August: 4 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Kadhimiya.
Mosul: 1 child killed by war projectile.
Abi Saida: 1 policeman killed by gunmen.
Amara: 1 killed by gunfire.
Friday 18 August: 1 killed
Sulaymaniyah: 1 man, Niazi Jalal, killed by gunmen.