Assignment:
Part A (75 words)
Our course text indicates the Tamil Diaspora has created a transitional government and it serves as an incubator for radicalization (White, 2015 p.215).White, J. R. (2016). Terrorism and homeland security, (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
In your view, what does he mean? Do you believe this to be a correct statement?
Explain why you agree or don't agree.
Part B (2 paragraphs)
Female Suicide Bombers
Kahira Saadi, a mother of four, was found guilty of a suicide attack where three people died (one pregnant woman was among the dead; she had just returned from an ultrasound appointment) and 80 were injured. Kahira was given three life sentences and another 80 years for the crime. When asked if she was sorry she said she was not sorry because she believed her people are at war.
Based on this week's discussion of suicide terrorism, what is the justification for the use of women specifically (over men)?
Does the use of a female attacker differ from the use of a male? If so, how? If not, why or why not?
Part C (3 pages of written text)
Suicide bombing is one of the most popular terrorist tactics used today. While most of the world sees this tactic as barbaric and cannot understand why anyone would agree to using this tactic, there is a school of thought that justifies its use.
Riaz Hassan is an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology, Flinders University. In January 2010, he wrote a piece titled Life as a Weapon: Making Sense of Suicide Bombings.
1. In a well-written paper:
o a. Write an essay outlining the justifications for suicide bombing as discussed by Mr. Hassan. In addition find an example of an actual suicide terrorism incident, describe the circumstances and compare and contrast those circumstances with M. Hassan's piece.
b. Make sure your discussion reflects themes in Chapters 5 through 6 of our textbook. White, J. R. (2016). Terrorism and homeland security, (9th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
2. Your papers must:
o i. The first page of your paper will be a cover sheet correctly formatted according to APA guidelines.
o ii. The second page will include an Abstract.
o iii. This paper will use 1-inch margins, Times New Roman 12-point font, and double spacing.
o iv. A minimum of three citations must be included and the citations for each article MUST be correctly formatted according to APA guidelines. Do NOT use an automated citation manager to perform this function. Do it manually for this assignment and check your formatting against available APA resources.
o a. Excluding the cover page, the Abstract and references page, this paper must be at least 3 pages of written text.
o b. Only COMPLETE paragraphs consisting of an introductory sentence, a full explanation of key points supported with properly cited sources, and a concluding sentence may be used.
o c. Only use published articles from academic texts, such as those found at scholar.google.com not Wikipedia.
o d. The entire paper must be your original work. It may not include quotes and at no time should text be copied and pasted.
This paper DOES require an introductory paragraph, explicit thesis statement, concluding paragraph, and references page.