This assignment is to be in Turabian style formatting***
Please see the instructions attached, the assignment rubric is also attached. On the instructions page, I listed out a few references to get the ball rolling; please utilize them. The instructions say to use a minimum of 5 references, please ensure there are 2 citations per page!! The 4 listed below are just examples of some to use! The formatting for the reference page is to be in Turabian style as well. Please review the rubric, instructions page, and the attached references. Please ensure references are peer-reviewed/scholarly references.
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Instructions
***TURABIAN STYLE AND FORMATTING***
REMEMBER TO USE THE SCHOOL’s RUBRICS
FOR THE ASSIGNMENT. YOU ARE GRADED BY THE RUBRICS.
Evaluating the Ideology of a Terrorist
Group (Al Qaeda)
You must start with a title page
(title of the paper, your name, course number, date, and professor
name). You must write to the rubrics and writing requirements, check for
writing errors, write in third
person, have a clear
focus as the last sentence of the introduction, a clear conclusion, and
use research appropriately, as per the requirements. Remember to indent a
paragraph 5 spaces and have your name in the file name. Do use
subtitles. No AI is permitted in any assignment. You need to indent the
start of a paragraph 5 spaces. The rubrics are provided by the school and must
be used for grading. You MUST apply the rubrics to every assignment. The
rubrics are available for each assignment and you must review and use these.
Remember that when you use research, you must have an appropriate in-text citation (author name, page
number or year or URL) (author and year for paraphrasing/name, year,
and page number for direct quotes) immediately following the use of that
research, and you must follow the writing requirements for the use of research.
Evaluating
the Ideology of a Terrorist Group Assignment
Using
the terrorist group you discussed in the discussions between Weeks 3-6 (Al
Qaeda), you may choose a different group, but get approval from the professor
first. Discuss the following:
1. History of the group.
2. Ideology.
What did the group believe, and how did that provide direction to the strategy
and tactics employed by the group?
3.
Variables. Other than ideology, discuss strategy, tactics, accounting (financing), recruitment, and
target selection used by the group. Consider how the group uses propaganda as
well. (use of social
media for recruitment, propaganda, etc.)
4. CT. Discuss the counterterrorism
strategy that was employed against this group. Was it effective? Why or Why not?
You need to use at least five (5)
peer-reviewed and/or scholarly sources (this does not include media).
Your
paper should be typed (12-point font), Times New Roman font, double-spaced, and
include a title page. Be sure to proofread carefully, as graduate students are
expected to submit papers free of spelling and grammar errors. Papers
must be 8 pages in length not including the title page and references.
Reference:
History
Bergen, Peter, and Paul Cruickshank.
2012. “Revisiting the Early Al Qaeda: An Updated
Account
of Its Formative Years.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 35
(1): 1–36. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2012.631454.
https://doi-org.ezproxy1.apus.edu/10.1080/1057610X.2012.631454
Hellmich, Christina. 2008. “Creating
the Ideology of Al Qaeda: From Hypocrites to Salafi-
Jihadists.” Studies
in Conflict & Terrorism 31 (2): 111–24.
doi:10.1080/10576100701812852.
(url
https://doi-org.ezproxy1.apus.edu/10.1080/10576100701812852 )
Hellmich, Christina, and Amanda J.
Redig. 2007. “The Question Is When: The Ideology of Al
Qaeda
and the Reality of Bioterrorism.” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 30
(5): 375–96. doi:10.1080/10576100701258593.
(url
https://doi-org.ezproxy2.apus.edu/10.1080/10576100701258593 )
Henzel,
Christopher. 2005///Spring. “The Origins of al Qaeda’s Ideology:
Implications for US
Strategy.” Parameters 35,
no. 1: 69-80, http://ezproxy.apus.edu/login?qurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proquest.com%2Fscholarly-journals%2Forigins-al-qaedas-ideology-implications-us%2Fdocview%2F198072524%2Fse-2%3Faccountid%3D8289.
