Terrorist Strategy

Subject matter - The Dirty Bomb Risk

Final Paper Please submit a finished paper. The final paper must include a brief history of the strategy as well as answer the following questions: Why is this a terrorist strategy? Which terrorists use this strategic method? Why? When is this strategic method effective? Why? What are the flaws of this strategy? Why? and What infrastructures support the use of this method as part of a terrorist strategy? How and Why? •The paper must include 8-10 full pages of content, excluding the title page, abstract and bibliography, which must also be included with the final paper as a single document. •Papers will be in APA 6th Ed. format and must use at least 5 primary and 5 secondary sources to demonstrate the plausibility of a clearly stated, analytical thesis.  •Proper grammar and spelling are required •Papers must be saved in Microsoft Word or RTF format •Restrict your sources to newspaper articles from major national and international papers, published journals and magazine articles, academic sources, and websites from major organizations and government agencies. Course materials may be used as a reference, but it does not count toward the minimum number of sources. Encyclopedias and dictionaries are not appropriate sources for college level work. Online sources are fine, but they must be authoritative sources. Wikipedia,About.com, and other nonacademic websites are not acceptable sources. (Bear in mind that anyone can submit an article to Wikipedia.) If you are unsure about how to determine whether an online source is a good one, the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University has an excellent resource guide: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_evalsource4.html. If you still have doubts as to whether a source is acceptable, send your instructor an e-mail. •Papers are due at the end of Week Seven as a single attachment via the Assignments Folder Criteria A B C D F Content and analysis (50%) strong, analytical thesis thesis clear, but more descriptive than analytical thesis only descriptive thesis unclear no thesis original interpretation of material interpretation not original but clearly expressed interpretation relies heavily on other works no interpretation, just description lack of interpretation and description demonstrates understanding of the model demonstrates understanding of the model errors in applying the model lack of understanding of the model lack of understanding of model consistent and effective use of three or more primary sources and eight or more secondary sources consistent and effective use of two primary sources and seven secondary sources incorporation of one primary source and six secondary sources incorporation of one primary source and five secondary sources incorporation of no primary sources and four or fewer secondary sources Structure and organization (15%) organization contributes to effectiveness of argument organization is mostly logical, but could use improvement organization is confusing; it is difficult to follow the analysis and narrative organization is poor; analysis and narrative are garbled organization is nonexistent; analysis and narrative do not make any sense Writing style (15%) sentences are well-constructed sentences are mostly well-constructed sentences are often unclear sentences are often unintelligible writing unacceptably substandard excellent word choice generally appropriate word choice word choice is often poor word choice has obvious errors word choice has severe errors sources are used correctly and integrated into the paper sources are mostly used correctly and integrated into the paper sources are mostly used correctly, but are not integrated effectively into the paper incorrect use of sources; lack of integration of sources sources used poorly or not at all transitions are clear and easy to follow transitions are mostly clear and easy to follow transitions abrupt lack of transitions no transitions Spelling, grammar, and punctuation (10%) paper has 0–1 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors paper has 2–3 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors paper has 4–5 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors paper has 6–7 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors paper has eight or more spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors Documentation (10%) paper has no more than one error in citation (formatting or use) paper has 2–3 errors in citation paper has 4–5 errors in citation paper has 6–7 errors in citation paper has eight or more errors in citation