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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/19/original.jpg?quality=7522001238You might think war is unpredictable, especially when it comes to insurgent attacks carried out by loosely organised factions. But while strikes might appear to come from nowhere, researchers have now shown that crunching through WikiLeaks data can predict where attacks will happen.