Terrorism
PART I
Directions: Read the prompts below and formulate a response of at least one half of one page in length for each question. Please use in-text citation, APA format, provide references, and double-space.
1. Contemplate
the nature and extent of the current threat to the nation and to
individuals who are targeted by terrorists and terrorist groups. Write
about what you feel is the most vulnerable area(s) in the United States
to terrorism and what suggestions can you offer as preventative
measures?
2. Expand
on the understanding that many people in the United States are not
anarchists but are often concerned with environmental and animal rights
issues, and others are concerned with the fate of pre-born human babies
that causes them to legally (or illegally) demonstrate or peacefully
reach out to those they perceive to be in danger.
3. Put
yourself in the place of a Federal Forest Ranger in Alaska who has come
upon a special interest terrorism group (burning down the Ranger's
living quarters on behalf of some endangered species). You recognize
that they do not want to overthrow the government but they do want to
force their views on the general population in violent and destructive
ways. Write about your thinking in this situation and how you would
immediately handle the situation.
4. Describe
at least six means of identifying a covert member of a clandestine
organization and how this information would be effective in
understanding terrorism.
5. In
this module, you became aware of some of the political issues that
motivate people to become terrorists and the groups they are members of
both left-wing and right-wing that wish to overthrow the government or
control it in some way. In an undercover operation, you are in charge of
the covert member and she has been discovered by the terrorists.
Outline what you must do when the covert member is identified.
6. Identify, analyze, and discuss the type of terrorism involved in the following incidents:
a. March
11, 2003, Chico, California: An attempt was made to burn a McDonald’s
restaurant. An incendiary device scorched the building’s rear wall in
the pre-dawn arson attempt. “ALF” and “Liberation” were spray-painted on
the building. The restaurant is two miles from another McDonald’s that
was the victim of an attempted arson claimed by the Animal Liberation
Front on March 3, 2003.
b. September 11, 2003. The World Trade Center terrorist attacks.
c. Between May 1978 and April 1995, Theodore Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber”, detonated bombs across the country.
7. Identify
five ways or means by which a covert member of a terrorist group or a
surface person having direct contact with a clandestine organization can
be identified (Appendix lll p.443).
8. In the world of terrorists, explain these terms:
a. Army of God
b. Jihad
c. Lone Wolf
d. Tree Huggers
e. Skinheads
PART II
Directions:
Please respond to the following prompt: You are assigned the
responsibility of heading a task force in response to a building that
was set on fire, which houses Planned Parenthood. You are to create a
contingency plan explaining the basics of your contingency plan.
Your paper should be 1 page in length not including the title page and the references page. Citations, references, formatting should be in accordance with APA guidelines.
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