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 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.
Friday 21 February: 16 killed
Tikrit: 6 policemen in clashes.
Baghdad: 4 by gunfire.
Samarra: 1 by gunfire.
Khalidiya: 3 by suicide car bomber.
Amara: 1 by gunfire.
Zammar: 1 by car bomb.
FEBRUARY CASUALTIES SO FAR: 682 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Thursday 20 February: 33 killed
Mussayab: 22 by mortars.
Tikrit: 3 Sahwa members by IED.
Mosul: 4 by gunfire.
Falluja: 1 by artillery fire.
Baghdad: 1 by IED.
Tarmiya: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Amiriyat al-Falluja: 1 by sniper fire.
FEBRUARY CASUALTIES SO FAR: 666 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Wednesday 19 February: 41 killed
Aldor: 4 by IED.
Mahmudiya: 6 by IED.
Tuz Khurmato: 5 by IEDs.
Mosul: 6 by gunfire.
Baghdad: 3 by gunfire, AED.
Suleiman Beg: 5 by mortars.
Albu Ajil: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Baquba: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Imam Wies: 1 policeman in clashes.
Falluja: 2 by shelling.
Samarra: 1 Sahwa member by IED.
Albuatash: 6 family members by rocket.
FEBRUARY CASUALTIES SO FAR: 633 CIVILIANS KILLED.
Tuesday 18 February: 66 killed
Hilla: 35 by bombs.
Baghdad: 16 by gunfire.
Ramadi: 1 by gunfire.
Falluja: 2 by artillery fire.
Saadiya: 1 by gunfire.
Qadisiya: 1 by gunfire.
Shora: 1 body.
Qayyarah: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Samarra: 1 by IED.
Shirqat: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Imam: 1 policeman by gunfire.
Mosul: 2 by gunfire.
Dujail: 3 by car bomb.
FEBRUARY CASUALTIES SO FAR: 592 CIVILIANS KILLED.