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
Monday 10 March: 18 killed
Haditha: 1 by gunfire.
Basra: 1 by gunfire.
Mafraq: 2 by IED.
Muqdadiya: 3 by gunfire.
Abu Ghraib:1 by IED.
Samarra: 1 child by gunfire.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire, IED.
Kirkuk: 1 body.
Al-Mukhisa: 1 by gunfire.
Qadisiya: 1 body.
Diyala: 2 policemen by gunfire.
Baghdad: 2 by IEDs.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 364 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Sunday 9 March: 69 killed
Hilla: 47 by suicide car bomber.
Salahuddin: 4 by gunfire.
Zuham: 2 by IED.
Mosul: 1 policeman by IED.
Taji: 1 policeman by IED, 2 bodies.
Ramadi: 1 by IED.
Baghdad: 4 by gunfire and IED, 1 body.
Falluja: 2 by shelling.
Samarra: 2 Sahwa members by IED.
Tikrit: 1 mokhtar by gunfire.
Abu Ghraib: 1 by IED.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 346 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Saturday 8 March: 28 killed
Baghdad: 4 by bombs.
Shirqat: 6 by bombs, gunfire.
Samarra: 5 by gunfire, IED.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire.
Falluja: 2 by shelling.
Ramadi: 4 policemen by car bomb.
Baquba: 1 by gunfire.
Arab Jabour: 3 bodies.
Tikrit: 1 mokhtar by gunfire.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 277 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Friday 7 March: 21 killed
Falluja: 6 killed by shelling.
Tuz Khurmato: 4 by bomb at market.
Rashad: 2 by gunfire.
Baghdad: 3 by IEDs.
Nasiriya: 1 body.
Baquba: 1 by IED.
Ramadi: 1 policeman by suicide car bomber.
Mussayab: 2 by IEDs.
Kirkuk: 1 woman by IED.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 249 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Thursday 6 March: 58 killed
Baghdad: 20 killed in bombings and stabbing, 2 bodies.
Hilla: 9 by bombs.
Iskandariya: 4 by bomb.
Saadiya: 1 council member by gunfire.
Baiji: 1 Sahwa member.
Mosul: 3 by gunfire, IED.
Kanaan: 4 by bomb at cafe.
Falluja: 4 by mortars.
Khaldiya: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Baquba: 1 by bomb.
Yusufiya: 1 by gunfire.
Kirkuk: 1 by bomb.
Buhriz: 1 by IED.
Hawija: 2 at funeral by bomb.
Baaj: 3 by car bomb.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 228 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Wednesday 5 March: 40 killed
Baghdad: 22 killed in explosions and by gunfire.
Tikrit: 4 family members by gunfire, 1 policeman by IED.
Tarmiya: 2 policemen by IED.
Falluja: 4 by shelling.
Baquba: 1 by gunfire.
Jbala: 1 by gunfire.
Ramadi: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Muqdadiya: 1 body.
Tuz: 2 policemen by gunfire.
Basra: 1 by gunfire.
MARCH CASUALTIES SO FAR: 170 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Tuesday 4 March: 40 killed
Baghdad: 4 by IEDs.
Samarra: 4 by suicide bombers.
Mussayab: 5 bodies found in river.
Mahaweel: 1 by gunfire.
Yenkenjah: 6 by IED.
Mosul: 3 policemen by IED, suicide bomber.
Kirkuk: 1 Sahwa member by gunfire.
Latifiya: 1 by AED.
Miksar: 4 family members by helicopter fire.
Qayyara: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Al Qaim: 2 by gunfire.
Falluja: 2 family members by shelling.
Hit: 1 policeman by IED.
Imam Wayis: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Tikrit: 2 by gunfire, IED.
Baquba: 1 by gunfire.
Muqdadiya: 1 by AED.
March casualties so far: 130 civilians killed.