IBC Analysis

The Week in Iraq: Hurt 25 May 2008
Enforced security: solution or stopgap?: Monthly death toll rising again 28 Feb 2008
Civilian deaths from violence in 2007: Analysis of the year’s toll from IBC 1 Jan 2008
The Price of Loss: How the West values civilian lives in Iraq. 12 Nov 2007
How can the utility of press reports be assessed?: Some preliminary approaches to testing media completeness and reliability. 1 Nov 2007
Large bombings claim ever more lives: 2007 sees the worst bombings ever � and more of them 4 Oct 2007
The Baghdad ‘surge’ and civilian casualties: What effect is the increase in US troop deployment to Baghdad having on violence against civilians? 3 Sep 2007
The state of knowledge on civilian casualties in Iraq:: Counts, estimates and government responsibility. Presentation to panel discussion held in January 2007 at USIP, Washington D.C. 3 Sep 2007
How has IBC been used by others?: Examples of the range of IBC’s usage by others 3 Sep 2007
Year Four: Simply the worst: On every indicator the post-invasion year ending March 2007 was the worst for violence. Press release 18 Mar 2007 with updates Sep 2007
Reality checks: some responses to the latest Lancet estimates: Press release 16 Oct 2006
Blithe ignorance: Tony Blair is in a state of wilful denial about Iraq (external link) 10 Jul 2006
Speculation is no Substitute: A defence of Iraq Body Count. (PDF - HTML returning soon) Apr 2006
Iraq death toll in third year of occupation is highest yet: Press release 9 Mar 2006.
What is IBC's contribution?: IBC in context is a summary presented to an expert meeting in Geneva. Feb 2006
A Dossier on Civilian Casualties in Iraq 2003-2005: The first detailed account of all non-combatants reported killed or wounded during the first two years of the continuing conflict. Published by Iraq Body Count in association with Oxford Research Group, the report is based on comprehensive analysis of over 10,000 media reports published between March 2003 and March 2005. 19 Jul 2005
What is IBC's response to the Lancet study estimating "100,000" Iraqi deaths: Press release 7 Nov 2004
Falluja Siege, April 2004: A News Analysis: Excerpts from nearly three hundred news stories on the April 2004 siege of Falluja, with an emphasis on its humanitarian impact.26 Oct 2004
Civilian deaths in “noble” Iraq mission pass 10,000: We need a tribunal to administer justice for the victims. 7 Feb 2004
Over 1,500 violent civilian deaths in occupied Baghdad: Press release 23 Sep 2003.
Adding indifference to injury: At least 20,000 civilians were injured in the Iraq war: why are the occupiers ignoring their suffering and their needs? Aug 2003
Counting the human cost: A survey of projects counting civilians killed by the war in Iraq 12 Jun 2003
100 Names of Civilians Killed: – and only 2% of a vital task completed. 27 May 2003