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
Thursday 20 February: 6 killed
Basra: 1 killed by gunmen in Al-Hayaniya;
1 teacher killed.
Nasiriyah: 1 government employee killed by gunmen;
1 body found.
Baghdad: 2 children killed in Al-Shaala.
Tuesday 18 February: 3 killed
Al-Azir: 3 killed in tribal conflict.
Monday 17 February: 1 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed in drive-by shooting in Sadr City.
Saturday 15 February: 2 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Al-Shaala.
Al-Daghara: 1 killed in tribal conflict.
Friday 14 February: 5 killed
Basra: 3 children killed by landmine in Abu Al-Khaseeb.
Baghdad: 1 woman's body found in Shuhada Al-Bayaa.
Al-Alam: 1 child killed by landmine.
Thursday 13 February: 18 killed
Hawija: 17 bodies found in mass grave.
Diwaniyah: 1 19-year-old police college student killed by gunmen.
Saturday 8 February: 3 killed
Basra: 2 teenagers killed when car hits IED in Al-Rumaila.
Baghdad: 1 body found in Abu Ghraib.