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
Thursday 12 September: 1 killed.
Baghdad: 1 body found in Kamaliyah.
Wednesday 11 September: 2 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Abu Ghraib.
Muqdadiya: 1 young man killed by mortar shells.
Tuesday 10 September: 2 killed
Al-Riyadh: 1 shepherd killed by IED.
Hamam al-Alil: 1 farmer killed by IED.
Monday 9 September: 5 killed
Karbala: 1 Shiite cleric killed by gunmen.
Al-Gharaf: 2 (father and child) killed by gunmen.
Nasiriyah: 2 policemen killed in armed attack.
Sunday 8 September: 19 killed
Qaim: 15 bodies found in a mass grave.
Karbala: 1 body found.
Abu Saida: 2 prisoners being transported killed in armed attack.
Kirkuk: 1 killed by IED.
Saturday 7 September: 3 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed in Fadhiliya in armed attack.
Al Mukhisa: 1 killed in armed attack.
Samarra: 1 killed by IED.
Friday 6 September: 1 killed
Sidon: 1 security member killed by gunmen.