The National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, a non-profit group partially funded by the Department of Homeland Security, has made available through the National Counter Terrorism Center's Worldwide Incident Tracking System, a fully searchable database of terrorist incidents.

A bit more about the MIPT in their own words:

The [MIPT] is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing terrorism on U.S. soil or mitigating its effects. MIPT was established after the April 1995 bombing of the Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, and it is funded through the Department of Homeland Security's Office for State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness (OSLGCP).

The United States Congress directed MIPT to conduct “research into the social and political causes and effects of terrorism” through our automated information systems and to “serve as a national point of contact for antiterrorism information sharing among Federal, State and local preparedness agencies, as well as private and public organizations dealing with these issues.” MIPT firmly believes that the accurate dissemination of knowledge on terrorism is a critical ingredient for combating terrorism. Serving the needs of emergency responders, counterterrorism practitioners, policymakers, and the public, MIPT offers access to a wealth of information resources including its knowledge base initiatives, its website, and its library collection.

Designed as a clearinghouse for information on terrorist activities, the data contained in the MIPT database is draws from multiple sources:

The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base is the one-stop resource for comprehensive research and analysis on global terrorist incidents, terrorism-related court cases, and terrorist groups and leaders. The Terrorism Knowledge Base illuminates the current status of terrorism today. It takes users through the history, affiliations, locations, and tactics of the terrorism entities operating across the world at this moment. The database features interactive maps, biographies on key terrorist personalities, dynamic graphs, and succinct summaries on who is who and what is what inside the shadowy world of terrorism today.

In order to create the premier source for anti-terrorism information, the Terrorism Knowledge Base integrates data from the RAND Terrorism Chronology 1968-1997; RAND®-MIPT Terrorism Incident database (1998-Present); Terrorism Indictment database (University of Arkansas); and DFI International's research on terrorist organizations.

The Terrorism Knowledge Base is a dynamically-integrated website that effectively displays in-depth terrorism research, data, and multimedia in a user friendly, intuitive, and inter-connected format for researchers, policymakers, journalists, first responder emergency personnel and the general public.

And how. The user interface for the database is amazingly deep with variables ranging from date and location to the type of attack, nature of target and the monetary level of damage. Statistics are also available on the number killed, wounded or taken hostage, making the "TKB" a very intense tool for investigators active in country risk analysis and other such endeavors.

You can try the database here. The MIPT has additional information about their information gathering methodology here.

-- MDT

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