The public record of violent deaths following the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Documented civilian deaths from violence
178,078 – 199,401
Total violent deaths including combatants
268,000
- Another year of relentless violence in Iraq
- IBC’s 2016 analysis of civilian deaths 12 Jan 2017
- Lest we forget
- 30 Dec 2016
- UK showed no real interest in monitoring civilian casualties
- Besieged: Living and Dying in Fallujah
- Iraq: wars and casualties, 13 years on
- Iraq 2015: A Catastrophic Normal
- Earlier analysis from IBC…
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Iraq Body Count maintains the world’s largest public database of violent civilian deaths since the 2003 invasion, as well as separate running total which includes combatants.
IBC's data is drawn from cross-checked media reports, hospital, morgue, NGO and official figures or records (see About IBC). You can contribute to IBC's work in several ways, including with a donation.
“We don’t do body counts”
General Tommy FranksIraq Body Count
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Monday 24 July : 149 killedMosul: 60 bodies found in mass grave; 4 killed by car bomb. Anbar: 74 civilians fleeing IS starve to death in desert. Baghdad: 2 women's bodies found with stab wounds -one a dentist, the other a TV presenter; 2 killed by IED in Maalif. Samawah: 3 brothers killed by landmine. Kirkuk: 1 KPD member in armed attack. Tal Afar: 1 doctor executed. Hawija: 1 executed. Balad Ruz: 1 elderly woman by gunfire. |
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Sunday 23 July: 14 killed.Baquba: 5 killed by IED in al-Hadid district. Baaj: 7 men killed by security forces during failed attack. Fallujah: 1 policeman by car bomb. Karbala: 1 man during clashes between clans. More |