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 18 August: 13 dead
Baghdad: gunmen kill cleric, Zafaraniya.
Anbar
Ramadi: suicide car bomber kills 7 policemen at checkpoint.
Basra
Abul Khasib: 2 killed in drive-by shooting.
Salahuddin
Tuz: gunmen kill Sahwa leader.
Arbil
Makhmour: US forces shoot dead father and son in their car.
Sunday 17 August: 20 dead
Baghdad: suicide bomber kills 15, Adhamiya; 1 body found.
Basra
Basra: gunmen kill 1.
Arbil
Suran: 14-year-old is shot dead by Iraqi police during demonstration.
Ninewa
Mosul: 1 policeman and 1 preacher die in drive-by shootings.
Saturday 16 August: 7 dead
Baghdad: car bomb kills 6, Shaab.
Anbar
Falluja: roadside bomb kills policeman.
Friday 15 August: 11 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb targets pilgrims in bus, kills 1.
Diyala
Albu Silbi: bomb kills Sahwa member.
Salahuddin
Balad: car bomb kills 9.
Thursday 14 August: 39 dead
Baghdad: roadside bombs kill 4; man killed by US fire during raid; 1 body found.
Babil
Iskandariya: suicide bomber kills 26 pilgrims.
Diyala
Baquba: bomb kills 8-year-old girl.
Salman Pak: roadside bomb kills 2 policemen.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen kill policeman.
Nimrud: suicide bomber kills policeman.
Basra
Basra: gunmen kill barber.
Tameem
Kirkuk: policeman's body found.
Wednesday 13 August: 12 dead
Baghdad: roadside bomb kills interpreter, Ghazaliya; roadside bomb kills 1, Mansour; 2 bodies.
Ninewa
Qayara: car bomb kills 2.
Mosul: suicide car bomber kills 2; gunmen kill man after storming his house.
Diyala
Eta: roadside bomb kills woman.
Buhriz: roadside bomb kills 2 policemen.
Tuesday 12 August: 13 dead
Baghdad: 1 body found.
Diyala
Baquba: suicide bombers kill 6.
Anbar
Ramadi: 6 family members found shot dead (3 of them children).