Disclaimer: 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 an 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.


Monday 30 July: 80 dead
Baghdad: 6 killed by car bomb, Tayaran Square; 25 bodies.
Khan Bani Saad: gunmen attacks kill 20 residents.
Taji: US bombing of 3 houses kills 18.

Tuesday 31 July: 54 dead
Baghdad: engineer, policeman shot dead; bomb kills 2, Mansour; 19 bodies.
Hawija: gunmen kill 2 brothers, mayor.
Diyala: 17 bodies found in mass grave.
Karbala: body of translator found.
Kut, Suwayra: 6 bodies pulled out of the Tigris.

JULY CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL: 2,600

Wednesday 1 August: 161 dead
Baghdad: suicide truck bomb kills 50 at fuel station, Mansour -it is the 20th major attack (50 or more killed) this year (there were 12 such attacks in 2006); suicide car bomb kills 20, Karrada; car bomb kills 3, Dora; car bomb kills 3, Harthiya; mortars kill 5, Madaen, Saidiya; 25 bodies.
Mosul: roadside bomb kills 4.
Sulaimaniya: 2 bodies.

Thursday 2 August: 96 dead
Baghdad: mortars at Islamic Party Headquarters; bomb at commercial centre, Madaen; 24 bodies.
Hibhib: car bomb at police station kills 15, 6 of them policemen; 14 bodies found.
Balad: mortars kill child.
Baquba: suicide bomber kills 5 policemen.
Kirkuk: 4 killed by bomb in rubbish bin.
Khan Bani Saad: gunmen attack kills 4, 2 of them children.
Rashad: 5 brothers found murdered with surviving 5-year-old brother crying over their bodies.

Friday 3 August: 20 dead
Baghdad: 13 bodies.
Jbela: 3 killed in clashes.
Diwaniya: 3 killed in air raid.
Haswa: 1 killed in drive-by shooting.

Saturday 4 August: 42 dead
Baghdad: roadside bombs, Saidiya, Bab al-Muadham; mortars, Jisr Diyala; doctor shot dead, Jamia'a; man shot dead by US forces, Ubaidi; 21 bodies.
Diwaniya: 5 family members killed by US helicopter fire during raid.
Hilla: 3 bodies.
Mahaweel: 3 bodies.

Sunday 5 August: 112 dead
Baghdad: mortars kill 13 in eastern part of city; car bomb, Mahmoudiya; 18 bodies.
Basra: pharmacist shot dead; another man killed by mortars.
Mosul: 6 bodies.
Baquba: 60 bodies.