5 page apa paper

For the first one-quarter of your paper I want you to “zoom in” and describe the attributes of your terrorist group of choice. Some of the aspects you can discuss are:

• In which wave(s) of terrorism do/did they operate? 
• What environments do they operate in? 
• Who are their targets? 
• What are their beliefs? 
• What is their goal? 
• What is their source of funding? 
• Do women play a role? 
• What weapons do they use? 
• Do they use media/communication? 
• What tools do they use for recruitment and radicalization?

For the second three-quarters of your paper I want you to “zoom out” and think critically about your terrorist group’s opportunities and challenges. In a sense, you are being asked to simultaneously think like the leader of a terrorist group and a counter-terrorism agent. This section should make up the bulk of your paper.

• If your terrorist group is no longer active, I want you to discuss why they disbanded and speculate as to what they could have done different (funding-wise, operationally, learning-based, networking, recruitment, etc.) in order to survive. Explain your reasoning. Which do you think was the most important factor, and why? Explain your reasoning. Remember to support your argument and sub-arguments with specific examples from course material, lectures, and outside sources. 
• If your terrorist group is still active, I want you to discuss current efforts to combat them and speculate as to why they are still successfully active (funding-wise, operationally, learning-based, networking, recruitment, etc.). Explain your reasoning. Which do you think is the most important factor, and why? Explain your reasoning. Remember to support your argument and sub-arguments with specific examples from course material, lectures, and outside sources.

1. The paper should be about 5 pages in length, but no longer than 7 pages. Double-spaced, using 12pt. Times New Roman type, with 1-inch margins on all sides. 3 outside sources are required (e.g, academic journal articles, books, policy reports, etc.) Include a bibliography at the end of your paper; the bibliography is not included in your page count. Use APA, MLA or Chicago-style citations.

**No core group of Al-Qaeda (Middle East)**
**No US-based terrorist groups**
LIST OF TERROIST TOPICS TO BE USED
Europe

1. Real Irish Republican Army (RIRA)
2. Continuity Irish Republic Army (CIRA)
3. Italian Red Brigades
4. Red Army Faction [Germany]
5. Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) [Spain, France]
6. Revolutionary Organization 17 November [Greece]
7. Revolutionary Struggle [Greece]

Asia

1. Japanese Red Army
2. Aum Shinrikyo [Japan]
3. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [Sri Lanka]
4. Kongra-Gel KGK (formerly Kurdistan Worker’s Party-PKK)
5. Abu Sayyaf [Philippines]
6. Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
7. Jemaah Islamiya Organization (JI) [Indonesia]
8. Jamaah Ansharut Tauhid (JAT) [Indonesia]
9. Indian Mujahideen [India]
10. Taliban [Afghanistan]
11. Communist Party of Nepal

Middle East

1. Hezbollah [Lebanon]
2. Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna [Iraq]
3. Kongra-Gel
4. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PLO)
5. Kahane Chai [Israel]
6. HAMAS [Israel, Palestine]
7. Aden-Abyan Islamic Army [Yemen]
8. Islamic State (IS) [Iraq, Syria, Iran]

Latin America

1. Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) [Peru]
2. Marxist-Leninist terrorist group of Colombia (FARC)
3. National Liberation Army (ELN) [Colombia]

Africa

1. Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA)
2. Boko Haram [Nigeria]
3. Ansaru [Nigeria]
4. Al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (formerly GSPC) [Algeria, Mali, Niger]
5. Gama’a al-Islamiyya [Egypt]
6. Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)
7. Ansar Dine [Mali]
8. Ansar al-Shari’a in Tunisia
9. Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) [Uganda]

North America

1. Front de Liberation du Quebec [Canada]
2. The Squamish Five (Vancouver Five) [Canada]