This includes the casualties of the insurgency and civil war in the years after the invasion. The Iraq Body Count project (IBC) documented a higher number of c

This includes the casualties of the insurgency and civil war in the years after the invasion. The Iraq Body Count project (IBC) documented a higher number of civilian deaths up to the end of the major combat phase (May 1, 2003). In a 2005 report,[86] using updated information, the IBC reported that 7,299 civilians are documented to have been killed, primarily by U.S. air and ground forces.