Terrorism Knowledge Base

The MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base provided access to comprehensive information about terrorist groups and organizations and acts of terrorism from the 1970s onwards. It was maintained by the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) using the RAND Corporation Terrorism Chronology 1968-1997; RAND-MIPT Terrorism Incident database (1998-Present); Terrorism Indictment database (University of Arkansas & University of Oklahoma); and DFI International's research on terrorist organizations. It was possible to search the database by keyword, organisation, date, type of incident and geographical region. Entries included a synopsis of the attack, background information on the groups involved, information on related course cases, statistical facts and links to related headlines and in some cases full-text articles. Terrorist incidents include: hijackings, assassinations, arson, kidnapping, bombings and suicide bombings. Other features of the site included a glossary of terms and news headlines relating to recent terrorist attacks worldwide.

MIPT discontinuted the Terrorism Knowledge Base on 31 March 2008. A message on MIPT’s website states that the Terrorism Knowledge Base has now been discontinued and that, “elements of the system will be merged with the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), managed by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism at the University of Maryland.”