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 13 November: 12 dead
Baghdad: adhesive bomb kills 1 minibus passenger; gunmen kill policeman.
Diyala
Buhriz: gunmen kill policeman.
Ninewa
Hamdaniya: car bomb kills 1.
Mosul: 1 killed in drive-by shooting; 1 body found.
Anbar
Ramadi: 2 policemen are killed trying to dismantle bomb; suicide car bomber kills 3.
Babil
Latifiya: roadside bomb kills 1.
Wednesday 12 November: 34 dead
Baghdad: 28 die in bombings (inc. 3 children); 2 bodies found.
Ninewa
Mosul: gunmen shoot dead 2 Christian sisters -Lamia Subaih Daoud (mother of 3 young children) and 23-year-old Walaa- at their home.
Tameem
Kirkuk: gunmen kill 1.
Irouba: gunmen kill man at sheep market.
Tuesday 11 November: 5 dead
Baghdad: bombs kill 4.
Missan
Amara: gunmen kill policeman.
Monday 10 November: 39 dead
Baghdad: 27 civilians (inc. 5 children) die in bombings; 1 body found.
Diyala
Baquba: young girl blows herself up at Sahwa checkpoint, kills 6 others; gunmen kill 2.
Babel
Hilla: gunmen kill 1.
Dhi Qar
Nassiriya: US vehicle kills child.
Sunday 9 November: 16 dead
Anbar
Amiriyat al-Falluja: suicide bomber kills 3 (1 child) at hospital.
Diyala
Khalis: bomb in market kills 5; gunmen kill 1.
Baquba: bomb in rubbish bin kills sanitation worker.
Ninewa
Mosul: 3 killed in separate attacks.
Wassit
Kut: 1 body found.
Babil
Iskandariya: 2 bodies found.
Saturday 8 November: 16 dead
Baghdad: 3 die in violent attacks; 1 body found.
Anbar
Al-Jazeera: suicide car bomber kills 8.
Ninewa
Mosul: 1 policeman dies in drive-by shooting.
Dahuk
US helicopter kills 2 men in a car.
Babil
Hilla: 1 body found.
Friday 7 November: 7 dead
Baghdad: bombs kill 4.
Diyala
Al=Atheim: roadside bomb kills 2 Sahwa members.
Wassit
Kut: gunmen kill 1.