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Title: WITS, Shia Violence in Iraq, Iraq, 2004 - March 2007
Citation: Worldwide Incidents Tracking System
Theme Keywords: iraq,shia,violence,war,warfare
Place Keywords: [not yet implemented]
Abstract:This data reports terror incidents by Shias recorded for Iraq in the National Counter Terrorism Center's World Wide Incident Tracking Database. It covers incidents that were observed for the period 2004 up through March 2007. The Center cautions that there could be some incidents that have occurred in Iraq that are not in the data. Fatalities, wounded and hostages taken for each record are included in the data. The events in the database are those for which the perpetrator was known to be from the Shia tribe.

Source: http://wits.nctc.gov/ 

Originator: Worldwide Incidents Tracking System
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Format Name: AVSHP,KML,CSV
Use Constraints: This data is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/