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
Sunday 4 August: 1 killed
Tal Al-Ward: 1 killed in tribal conflict.
Saturday 3 August: 2 killed
Al-Kahla: 1 11-year-old child killed in armed conflict.
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Al-Hamdaniyah.
Tuesday 30 July: 1 killed
Babil: 1 killed in tribal conflict.
JULY TOTAL: 52 CIVILIANS KILLED. THE TOTAL INCLUDES THE REMAINS OF 19 PEOPLE FOUND IN MASS GRAVES.
Monday 29 July: 4 killed
Basra: 1 body found.
Banja Ali: 1 killed by gunmen.
Najaf: 2 (father and son) killed in tribal conflict.
Sunday 28 July: 2 killed
Al-Majar al-Kabir: 1 killed by gunmen;
1 policeman killed by gunmen.
Saturday 27 July: 1 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Amanat.
Wednesday 24 July: 14 killed
Talafar: 14 bodies found in mass grave.