The public record of violent deaths following the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Documented civilian deaths from violence
179,223 – 200,794
Total violent deaths including combatants
268,000
- Another year of relentless violence in Iraq
- IBC’s 2016 analysis of civilian deaths 12 Jan 2017
- Lest we forget
- 30 Dec 2016
- UK showed no real interest in monitoring civilian casualties
- Besieged: Living and Dying in Fallujah
- Iraq: wars and casualties, 13 years on
- Iraq 2015: A Catastrophic Normal
- Earlier analysis from IBC…
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Iraq Body Count maintains the world’s largest public database of violent civilian deaths since the 2003 invasion, as well as separate running total which includes combatants.
IBC's data is drawn from cross-checked media reports, hospital, morgue, NGO and official figures or records (see About IBC). You can contribute to IBC's work in several ways, including with a donation.
“We don’t do body counts”
General Tommy FranksIraq Body Count
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Monday 25 September: 1 killedEastern Baghdad: 1 killed, 5 injured by roadside bomb near industrial district
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Sunday 24 September: 15 killed60th Street, central Hilla: 5 killed, another wounded by gunmen as they emerged from a hospital after visiting a patient Ibrahim bin Ali district, west of Baghdad: 1 member of Popular Mobilisation Unit in drive-by shooting as he left his home Tributary of Al-Haswa area, north Babylon: 4 bodies of unidentified men aged 30 to 50 found shot in the head and back Qaim, Anbar: 3 youths executed by ISIS "over accusation of communicating with security troops" Hawija: 2 killed, 2 injured, in airstrike targeting and allegedly killing 48 members of ISIS More |