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
Friday 28 February: 17 killed
Khalidiya: 4 policemen by gunfire.
Baquba: 3 family members by gunfire, 1 body in river.
Baghdad: 3 bodies.
Basra: 1 doctor by gunfire.
Al-Qahera: 1 by car bomb.
Tikrit: 1 by AED.
Shirqat: 1 Sahwa member by gunfire.
Hit: 2 policemen by suicide bomber.
FEBRUARY TOTAL: 930 CIVILIANS KILLED.
2,000 SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR.
Thursday 27 February: 60 killed
Baghdad: 42 killed in four bomb attacks.
Shirqat: 2 Sahwa members by IED.
Khalis: 3 family members by gunfire.
Anbar: 6 by suicide car bomber at house of tribal leader.
Tuz Khurmato: 2 by bomb in market.
Baquba: 2 by gunfire.
Muqdadiya: 1 by gunfire.
Al-Haroniya: 1 body.
Falluja: 1 by gunfire.
FEBRUARY CASUALTIES SO FAR: 913 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Wednesday 26 February: 31 killed
Baghdad: 5 by gunfire, IEDs, 1 body.
Bani Saad: 3 by car bomb.
Mosul: 3 by gunfire, IED, suicide car bomber.
Qayyara: 2 bodies.
Tal al-Dhahab: 3 policemen by gunfire.
Baquba: 1 by gunfire.
Kanaan: 4 by AED.
Muqdadiya: 1 by gunfire, 1 body.
Yathrib: 3 by IED.
Saud: 3 family members by IED.
FEBRUARY CASUALTIES SO FAR: 853 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Tuesday 25 February: 35 killed
Baghdad: 16 by bombs, gunfire, 1 body.
Balad: 1 policeman in clashes.
Tuz Khurmato: 1 by IED.
Nineveh: 2 policemen by bombs.
Mosul: 2 bodies.
Hamrin: 3 by car bomb.
Baquba: 3 by gunfire.
Albu Alwan: 1 by shelling.
Al Hadhar: 1 policeman in clashes.
Tarmiya: 4 bodies.
FEBRUARY CASUALTIES SO FAR: 822 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Monday 24 February: 23 killed
Mosul: 3 killed by gunfire, IED.
Baghdad: 3 by gunfire, 2 bodies.
Taji: 1 by AED.
Ramadi: 1 policeman by shelling.
Tikrit: 1 clergyman by gunfire.
Baquba: 1 government employee by gunfire.
Muqdadiya: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Tuz: 1 by IED.
Tarmiya: 1 body.
Balawah: 1 body.
Samarra: 1 imam by gunfire.
Shirqat: 1 policeman by IED.
Suleiman Bek: 3 policemen by mortars.
Khalidiya: 2 policeman by gunfire.
FEBRUARY CASUALTIES SO FAR: 787 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Sunday 23 February:54 killed
Ghazil: 26 policemen killed in clashes.
Baghdad: 10 killed by bombs, 4 bodies.
Tarmiya: 1 by gunfire.
Siniyah: 1 policeman by IED.
Shirqat: 3 policemen by IED.
Rashidiya: 1 by gunfire.
Wadi Hajar: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Mosul: 1 hospital employee by gunfire.
Falluja: 6 by shelling.
FEBRUARY CASUALTIES SO FAR: 764 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Saturday 22 February: 28 killed
Tikrit: 8 by car bombs in separate incidents.
Falluja: 6 by shelling.
Siniya: 6 policemen in clashes.
Mosul: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Baghdad: 2 by IED, AED.
Baiji: 1 policeman by mortars.
Basra: 2 bodies.
Shirqat: 1 policeman by IED.
Tarmiya: 1 body.
FEBRUARY CASUALTIES SO FAR: 710 CIVILIANS KILLED.