Terrorist Organization

ssignment 2: Terrorist Organization
Due Week 9 and worth 50 point

Research a foreign terrorist organization of your choice.

Write a two to four (2-4) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the history of the organization.
2. Compare and contrast the organization’s primary beliefs, motives, and allies with another terrorist organization of your choice.
3. Discuss past actions and terroristic endeavors.
4. Discuss the present areas of operation, believed actions, and current status of the organization.
5. Analyze the actions taken by intelligence agencies to protect against the group’s current believed actions and describe the effectiveness of these measures.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Compare and contrast terrorism, terrorist groups, organized crime, and their financing activities and practices.
• Analyze the role of intelligence and counterterrorism activities among federal agencies.
• Describe future trends in homeland security and terrorist activities.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in homeland security.
• Write clearly and concisely about topics related to Homeland Security Organization and Administration using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Supplement:Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 50	Assignment 2: Terrorist Organization
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 60% F	Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Describe the history of the organization. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely described the history of the organization.	Insufficiently described the history of the organization.	Partially described the history of the organization.	Satisfactorily described the history of the organization.	Thoroughly described the history of the organization.
2. Compare and contrast the organization’s primary beliefs, motives, and allies with another terrorist organization of your choice. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely compared and contrasted the organization’s primary beliefs, motives, and allies with another terrorist organization of your choice.	Insufficiently compared and contrasted the organization’s primary beliefs, motives, and allies with another terrorist organization of your choice.	Partially compared and contrasted the organization’s primary beliefs, motives, and allies with another terrorist organization of your choice.	Satisfactorily compared and contrasted the organization’s primary beliefs, motives, and allies with another terrorist organization of your choice.	Thoroughly compared and contrasted the organization’s primary beliefs, motives, and allies with another terrorist organization of your choice.
3. Discuss past actions and terroristic endeavors. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely discussed past actions and terroristic endeavors.	Insufficiently discussed past actions and terroristic endeavors.	Partially discussed past actions and terroristic endeavors.	Satisfactorily discussed past actions and terroristic endeavors.	Thoroughly discussed past actions and terroristic endeavors.
4. Discuss the present areas of operation, believed actions, and current status of the organization. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely discussed the present areas of operation, believed actions, and current status of the organization.	Insufficiently discussed the present areas of operation, believed actions, and current status of the organization.	Partially discussed the present areas of operation, believed actions, and current status of the organization.	Satisfactorily discussed the present areas of operation, believed actions, and current status of the organization.	Thoroughly discussed the present areas of operation, believed actions, and current status of the organization.
5. Analyze the actions taken by intelligence agencies to protect from the group’s current believed actions and describe the effectiveness of these measures. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the actions taken by intelligence agencies to protect from the group’s current believed actions and did not submit or incompletely described the effectiveness of these measures.	Insufficiently analyzed the actions taken by intelligence agencies to protect from the group’s current believed actions and insufficiently described the effectiveness of these measures.	Partially analyzed the actions taken by intelligence agencies to protect from the group’s current believed actions and partially described the effectiveness of these measures.	Satisfactorily analyzed the actions taken by intelligence agencies to protect from the group’s current believed actions and satisfactorily described the effectiveness of these measures.	Thoroughly analyzed the actions taken by intelligence agencies to protect from the group’s current believed actions and thoroughly described the effectiveness of these measures.
6. 3 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.	Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 8 errors present	7-8 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present