The worldwide update on civilians killed in the Iraq war and occupation

Post-surge violence: its extent and nature
Civilian deaths in 2008 and earlier 28 Dec 2008
The Week in Iraq
Happy New Year 11 Jan 2009
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
ANNOUNCEMENT
IBC begins to include credible single-sourced reports 21 Dec 2007
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

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Iraq Body Count is an ongoing human security project which maintains and updates the world’s largest public database of violent civilian deaths during and since the 2003 invasion. The count encompasses non-combatants killed by military or paramilitary action and the breakdown in civil security following the invasion.

Data is drawn from cross-checked media reports, hospital, morgue, NGO and official figures to produce a credible record of known deaths and incidents. (more in About IBC)

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Documented civilian deaths from violence
90,295 – 98,564
From the Database
Latest incidents Latest identified
Dec 27: 24-25 by car bomb, possibly suicide, Al-Zahra Square, Kadhimiya, Baghdad Details Abdul Ghaini al-Dulaimi Adult; Male; Police chief Details
Recent events

Sunday 11 January: 9 dead

Baghdad: gunmen kill 2 men in money exchange shop.

Ninewa
Mosul
: gunmen kill 3 policemen; 2 bodies found.

Wassit
Suwayra
: 2 bodies found in Tigris.

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