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Unit5 Assignment

Team Assignment Planning

Your team will be submitting a paper by the end of Unit 6 examining the nature of a specific terrorist attack. Your first step will be, as a team, to choose one of the terrorist attacks below and develop a plan for the successful completion of the project. Your instructor will assign teams no later than the beginning of Unit 5, and it will be the responsibility of your team to complete the Assignment.

· Boston Marathon Bombing, April 15, 2013

While the team can write the project plan together, each team member should submit a copy of the document to their Unit 5: Assignment 2 Dropbox as an acknowledgement and acceptance of the project plan.

Your paper should include the following sections:

● Introduction

*****● A description of the attack and the aftermath o Include at least four characteristics specific to this attack. THIS IS MY PART OF THE ASSIGNMENT- ONLY DO THIS PART WITH REFERENCES.*****

● An evaluation of the motivations of the attacker(s), including the extent to which the attack was motivated by: o Religious beliefs o Ideological beliefs o Political beliefs

● The extent to which the attacker(s) acted as part of a terrorist organization or group, including whether they pledged allegiance to any group, and the associated implications

● The extent to which they may have been self-radicalized, and the associated implications

● Lessons learned from the attack regarding the importance of accurately understanding the nature of terrorist attacks. o Include at least four lessons learned from the nature of the attack.

● Conclusion Use at least four credible sources beyond the assigned reading and discuss how you evaluated the credibility of each source.

You may consult the Library, the internet, the textbook, other course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations and references in APA style. 100 of the total points available for the team Assignment are associated with the team submission, 30 of the total points are associated with quality of individual contribution, and 20 points are associated with your submission of the team evaluation form (total Assignment points possible: 150).